Pine Ridge Indian Reservation Struggles With Suicides Among Its Young New York Times
VitaminDWiki
Dark skinned people around the world now have low vitamin D levels
Vitamin D levels are the lowest during the Winter and early Spring
Native American teens may want to lighten their skin
– so they may keep out of the sun, and thus get even less vitamin D
Suicide is related to low levels of vitamin D
See VitaminDWiki
- Suicide associated with low vitamin D - many studies
- Suicide 2X more likely with low vitamin D (in military) – Jan 2013
- Depression category listing has
263 items along with related searches - Depression appears to consume vitamin D – Feb 2015
- Less recent sun, more suicide (similar title to our short video: less sun, more disease) – Sept 2014
- Avoiding the sun (and vitamin D) – most Chinese medical students do not want darker skins – Feb 2015
Suicide Trends Among Persons Aged 10–24 Years — United States, 1994–2012 CDC March 2015 has the following table
Note: American Indian/Alaskan Native suicide increasing by 49% per decade (by suffication, all ages)
Perhaps higher rate if include all forms of suicideSuicide rate among Native American teens increasing (yet no mention of low vitamin D) – May 20157957 visitors, last modified 24 Feb, 2019, This page is in the following categories (# of items in each category)