Reduce suicide attempts by adolescents — Data - Healthy People 2030

Status: Getting worse

Most Recent Data:
8.9 suicide attempts per 100 population (2019)

Target:
1.8 per 100

Desired Direction:
Decrease desired

Baseline:
2.4 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**-**2019**
(suicide attempts per 100 population)
Population	2017	2019
Total	2.4 CI 2.1 / 2.9 SE 0.201	8.9 CI 7.9 / 10.0 SE 0.529

**Suicide attempts by adolescents that required medical attention** by **Sex**, **2017**-**2019**
(suicide attempts per 100 population)
Population	2017	2019
Male	1.5 CI 1.2 / 2.0 SE 0.215	6.6 CI 5.5 / 8.1 SE 0.637
Female	3.1 CI 2.5 / 3.8 SE 0.324	11.0 CI 9.7 / 12.5 SE 0.696

Data Source: Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS), CDC/NCHHSTP

Suicide attempts by adolescents that required medical attention by Sex

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

†: Target is not applicable for this demographic group.

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DNA: Data have not been analyzed.

DNC: Data for specific population not collected.

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