***Seattle is not in the top ten suicide rated cities in the US. But it has had an increase of youth suicide recently. ****
Youth or not, it's still suicide
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Not consistently. It varies from year to year.
not high enough
According to Wikipedia, it is stated the homosexual teenagers and teenage LGBT have a suicide rate four times as high as the average heterosexual.A recent study in Taiwan shows that 25% of LGBT have attempted suicide, though the validity of this study has been questioned due to its abnormally high rate.
Depending on where you live, the premise of your question may not be true. In the United States, the suicide rate has declined from about 13 to about 11 per 100,000 from 1950 to 2006. The suicide rate in the United States is less than half of the worldwide average.
There has not been a significant report on suicidal deaths of air traffic controllers. Though they are in a very high responsibility, high stress job, they are professionals and it appears their suicide rates are actually very low.