Comment by defrost

> The suicide rates of teen girls have tripled since the introduction of social media.

In what country? In what year comapred against what base year?

Disclaimer - not Australia anytime betwwen 1910 and now:

https://www.aihw.gov.au/suicide-self-harm-monitoring/data/de...

In the USofA:

    Adolescent suicides rose from 8.4 per 100,000 during the 2012-2014 timeframe to 10.8 deaths per 100,000 in 2018-2020, according to the new edition of America's Health Rankings Health of Women and Children Reportopens in a new tab or window from the United Health Foundation. 

https://www.americashealthrankings.org/learn/reports/2022-he...

So if it tripled there then, teasing out just teen girls, there must have been a reference point from which it tripled ...

Or is this just over zealous hyperbole?