CDC Misinformation on Girls and Violence: Why it Matters

This post is related to the Youth Suicide Rise project

Before I posted my critique of the recent misinformation by CDC about girls being engulfed by a growing wave of violence, I revised it several times in order to remove any trace of indignation over the conduct of CDC officials. I also restricted my focus to statistical matters.

I will now briefly share some of my concerns about the implications of the CDC misinformation issue.

 

CDC Misinformation on Girls and Violence

This post is related to the Youth Suicide Rise project

CDC announced that 'dramatic increases' in exposure to violence led to teenage girls being 'engulfed in a growing wave' of violence. The CDC failed to provide compelling evidence for this extraordinary assertion and omitted data that contradicts it.

Preview of 2021 YRBS Results

 

Preview of 2021 YRBS Results

The CDC released Youth Risk Behavior Survey Data Summary & Trends Report: 2011-2021 that contains crucial information about many of the 2021 YRBS results before the official release of such data (this will come a few months later).