U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Reduce suicide attempts by adolescents — MHMD‑02 Data

Status: Getting worse

  Getting worse
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Most Recent Data:
10.2 suicide attempts per 100 population (2021)

Target:
1.8 per 100

Desired Direction:
Decrease desired

Baseline:
7.4 suicide attempts per 100 population of students in grades 9 through 12 occurred in the past 12 months, as reported in 2017

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Suicide attempts by adolescents that required medical attention, 2017-2021
(suicide attempts per 100 population)
Decrease desired

Population 2017 2019 2021
Total
7.4
CI 6.5 / 8.4
SE 0.472
8.9
CI 7.9 / 10.0
SE 0.529
10.2
CI 9.4 / 11.0
SE 0.415

Suicide attempts by adolescents that required medical attention by Race/Ethnicity, 2017-2021 
(suicide attempts per 100 population)
Decrease desired

Population 2017 2019 2021
American Indian or Alaska Native only
6.7
CI 4.1 / 10.8
SE 1.598
12.7
CI 7.6 / 20.4
SE 3.088
15.1
CI 11.7 / 19.2
SE 1.857
Asian only
6.7
CI 3.6 / 11.9
SE 1.950
8.4
CI 5.2 / 13.3
SE 1.962
6.8
CI 4.7 / 9.9
SE 1.275
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander only
11.0
CI 6.2 / 18.9
SE 3.043
11.5
CI 6.0 / 20.8
SE 3.547
15.0
CI 10.5 / 21.0
SE 2.602
Black or African American only
10.7
CI 8.2 / 14.0
SE 1.424
12.1
CI 9.2 / 15.7
SE 1.584
14.7
CI 12.2 / 17.5
SE 1.315
White only
6.4
CI 5.5 / 7.4
SE 0.475
7.8
CI 6.9 / 8.9
SE 0.481
9.0
CI 7.8 / 10.3
SE 0.627
2 or more races
11.5
CI 9.3 / 14.3
SE 1.225
14.1
CI 11.1 / 17.8
SE 1.638
13.2
CI 11.0 / 15.8
SE 1.182
Hispanic or Latino
8.2
CI 6.7 / 10.1
SE 0.831
8.9
CI 7.1 / 11.1
SE 0.962
10.7
CI 9.5 / 12.0
SE 0.614
Not Hispanic or Latino
7.0
CI 6.0 / 8.2
SE 0.536
8.8
CI 7.7 / 10.1
SE 0.592
9.9
CI 9.0 / 11.0
SE 0.506
American Indian or Alaska Native only, not Hispanic or Latino
DSU
25.5
CI 12.6 / 44.6
SE 8.043
16.0
CI 10.5 / 23.7
SE 3.258
Asian only, not Hispanic or Latino
5.7
CI 2.8 / 11.2
SE 1.960
7.7
CI 4.8 / 12.3
SE 1.817
6.4
CI 4.3 / 9.4
SE 1.235
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander only, not Hispanic or Latino
DSU
DSU
9.7
CI 4.2 / 20.8
SE 3.885
Black or African American only, not Hispanic or Latino
9.8
CI 7.5 / 12.7
SE 1.272
11.8
CI 8.7 / 15.9
SE 1.752
14.5
CI 11.9 / 17.5
SE 1.380
White only, not Hispanic or Latino
6.1
CI 5.1 / 7.3
SE 0.541
7.9
CI 6.9 / 9.1
SE 0.552
9.0
CI 7.8 / 10.5
SE 0.662
2 or more races, not Hispanic or Latino
10.8
CI 8.1 / 14.2
SE 1.489
12.9
CI 9.6 / 17.1
SE 1.825
11.8
CI 9.2 / 15.0
SE 1.426

Highest and lowest rates for Suicide attempts by adolescents that required medical attention: Disparities by Race/Ethnicity, 2017-2021 
(suicide attempts per 100 population)
Decrease desired