A survey found that Arkansas was one of only a dozen states where the child suicide rate dropped (from 3 to 2.9 per 100,000) during the 1980-89 period. Results indicate that suicide rates among adolescents in the US have increased 18% from 1980 to 1989, more than doubling in several states. They attributed the increase in suicide to higher levels of teen stress, drug & alcohol abuse and unresolved family conflict. Alaska has the highest suicide rate of 9.6 per 100,000 population ages 0-19 years.