Originally Posted by
Bob
Without more information, I'm not sure how you can draw any conclusions from this information. Suicide has been one of the leading causes of death for teenagers for decades and, with over 300 million people, I have no clue what is a statistically above/below average number in the first place. In past years/decades, the press would never reported that the kid was "gay" and/or that the suicide was because of that fact (presuming in the first place that the teen being gay was the primary issue in the first place!) so it might not even tell you much if we knew the total teen suicide rate in past years.
In Iran, for example, I'd guess (a pure but logical guess) that the "gay" teenage suicides exceed, at least per capita, those that occur in the US or Canada. On the other hand, don't look for any statistics as, according to the Iranian President, they have no gays in their country.