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The objectives of this study were to describe characteristics and precipitating circumstances of suicide in elementary school\u2013aged children relative to early adolescent decedents and identify potential within-group racial differences.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>METHODS:<\/jats:title><jats:p>We analyzed National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) surveillance data capturing suicide deaths from 2003 to 2012 for 17 US states. Participants included all suicide decedents aged 5 to 14 years (N = 693). Age group comparisons (5\u201311 years and 12\u201314 years) were conducted by using the \u03c72 test or Fisher\u2019s exact test, as appropriate.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>RESULTS:<\/jats:title><jats:p>Compared with early adolescents who died by suicide, children who died by suicide were more commonly male, black, died by hanging\/strangulation\/suffocation, and died at home. Children who died by suicide more often experienced relationship problems with family members\/friends (60.3% vs 46.0%; P = .02) and less often experienced boyfriend\/girlfriend problems (0% vs 16.0%; P &amp;lt; .001) or left a suicide note (7.7% vs 30.2%; P &amp;lt; .001). Among suicide decedents with known mental health problems (n = 210), childhood decedents more often experienced attention-deficit disorder with or without hyperactivity (59.3% vs 29.0%; P = .002) and less often experienced depression\/dysthymia (33.3% vs 65.6%; P = .001) compared with early adolescent decedents.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>CONCLUSIONS:<\/jats:title><jats:p>These findings raise questions about impulsive responding to psychosocial adversity in younger suicide decedents, and they suggest a need for both common and developmentally-specific suicide prevention strategies during the elementary school\u2013aged and early adolescent years. 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