Despite declining overall child death rate, youth suicides on the rise in Kansas | News, Sports, Jobs - Lawrence Journal-World: news, information, headlines and events in Lawrence, Kansas
Noah Taborda, Kansas Reflector photo by: Noah Taborda/Kansas Reflector Rep. Timothy Johnson, R-Bonner Springs, said work being done by the Kansas State Child Death Review Board is not enviable, but critical to the well-being of Kansas children. TOPEKA — Despite a declining overall death rate among Kansas children, an annual report indicates the state saw an almost 10% increase in the number of youth suicides in 2018. The Kansas State Child Death Review Board, part of the Kansas Attorney General’s Office, is charged with “identifying risk factors in deaths of children from birth through ...
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