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To get more insight in what types of youths died by suicide, particularly in recent years (2013\u20132017) we looked at micro-data of Statistics Netherlands and counted suicides among youths till 23, split out along gender, age, regions, immigration background and place in household and compared this to the general population of youths in the Netherlands. We also compared the demographics of young suicide victims to those of suicide victims among the population as a whole. We found higher suicide rates among male youths, older youths, those of Dutch descent and youths living alone. These differences were generally smaller than in the population as a whole. There were also substantial geographical differences between provinces and healthcare regions. The method of suicide is different in youth compared to the population as a whole: relatively more youth suicides by jumping or lying in front of a moving object and relatively less youth suicides by autointoxication or drowning, whereas the most frequent method of suicide among both groups is hanging or suffocation.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ijerph17041182","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,2,14]],"date-time":"2020-02-14T10:09:57Z","timestamp":1581674997000},"page":"1182","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":11,"title":["Demographic Risk Factors for Suicide among Youths in The Netherlands"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"17","author":[{"given":"Guus","family":"Berkelmans","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"113Zelfmoordpreventie, Paasheuvelweg 25, 1105 BP Amsterdam, The Netherlands"},{"name":"Centrum Wiskunde &amp; Informatica (CWI), Science Park 123, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands"},{"name":"Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU), De Boelelaan 1085, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Rob","family":"van der Mei","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centrum Wiskunde &amp; Informatica (CWI), Science Park 123, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands"},{"name":"Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU), De Boelelaan 1085, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1124-8821","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sandjai","family":"Bhulai","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU), De Boelelaan 1085, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Saskia","family":"Merelle","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"113Zelfmoordpreventie, Paasheuvelweg 25, 1105 BP Amsterdam, The Netherlands"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8009-6326","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Renske","family":"Gilissen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"113Zelfmoordpreventie, Paasheuvelweg 25, 1105 BP Amsterdam, The Netherlands"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,2,13]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"751","DOI":"10.1016\/S2215-0366(16)30094-3","article-title":"Suicide in children and young people in England: A consecutive case series","volume":"3","author":"Rodway","year":"2016","journal-title":"Lancet Psychiatry"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1191","DOI":"10.1016\/j.chiabu.2014.02.008","article-title":"Childhood trauma and suicide risk in a sample of young individuals aged 14\u201335 years in southern Brazil","volume":"38","author":"Barbosa","year":"2014","journal-title":"Child Abuse Negl."},{"key":"ref_3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Arensman, E., Bennardi, M., Larkin, C., Wall, A., McAuliffe, C., McCarthy, J., Williamson, E., and Perry, I.J. 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