Other high-risk groups include Native Americans and people identifying as gay, lesbian or transgender, Kennedy said. In Sonoma County, 1 in 10 self-inflicted deaths from 2013 to 2015 were among people 10 to 24 years old, Department of Health Services statistics show.ĭepression was a leading cause, said Mike Kennedy, the county's mental health director. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In fact, suicide is the second leading cause of death among ages 15 to 34 nationwide, according to the U.S. Sage made an incredibly regrettable choice.” “There just was not a reason for this,” her mother said. Sage and her mother watched the Netflix drama after its release in March ,but her mother doesn't believe it had any influence, saying her daughter's depression predated the show.Ī suicide note did not explain why she did it, her parents said.
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Others wondered if Sage was inspired by “13 Reasons Why,” the controversial TV series that's been criticized as romanticizing teen suicide and was filmed in part at Analy High School - where Sage was planning to go this fall. “What exactly caused everything, I don't know. “It's unimaginable,” said family friend Julie Stites, who has been trying to come to grips with the tragic death. Social media posts show a beaming kid hanging out with friends or performing on stage. Many expressed disbelief that the confident and outwardly cheerful girl would kill herself. It was a sentiment shared by many Hillcrest students, teachers and parents over the past week as they tried to make sense of the death of one of the school's most popular students. “We are shocked,” her distraught mother said.
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