According to the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the number of youth homicides involving those between the ages of 10 and 24 hit a 20-year-high in 2021, the Daily Caller reports.
According to the report, there were 10.7 murders for every 100,000 in this age group in 2021, up from 8.3 homicides in 2016 and 7.3 in 2011.
The increase in the number of deaths was more pronounced when you focussed on the older age groups. For those in the 15 to 19 age group, there were 12.9 homicides per 100,000 in 2021, up from 7.8 homicides in 2011.
The 20 to 24 age group reported 18 homicides for every 100,000 up from 13 homicides in 2011.
And it wasn’t just homicides, the report revealed that the number of suicides in the 10-24 age groups has also seen a significant increase:
The Associated Press reported that the number of suicides by those in the early 20s (20 to 24) hit a 50-year-high in 2021 with 19.4 suicides per 100,000 people in that age group.
READ: Youth Homicide Rate Spikes To Highest Level In Two Decades AND Suicides and homicides among young Americans jumped early in the pandemic, study says
Speaking of the end-times, the days leading to Christ’s second coming, Jesus warned:
12 And because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold. (Matthew 24:12 ESV)
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