Increase the proportion of adolescents who have an adult they can talk to about serious problems — Data - Healthy People 2030

Status: Little or no detectable change

Most Recent Data:
78.3 percent (2019)

Target:
82.9 percent

Desired Direction:
Increase desired

Baseline:
79.0 percent of adolescents aged 12 to 17 years had an adult in their lives with whom they could talk about serious problems in 2018

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Population	2018	2019
Total	79.0 CI 78.1 / 79.8 SE 0.412	78.3 CI 77.5 / 79.1 SE 0.408

Data Source: National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), SAMHSA

Adolescents having an adult in their lives with whom they can discuss serious problems by

#: Standard errors and confidence intervals are not available for this population group.

◊: Unless otherwise noted, data represent "percent, 12–17 years"

†: Target is not applicable for this demographic group.

DSU: Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

DNA: Data have not been analyzed.

DNC: Data for specific population not collected.

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