In 2021, around 23 percent of college and university students in the United States reported having had non-suicidal self-injurious behaviors in the past year, and two percent reported having attempted suicide. This statistic shows the percentage of postsecondary students with suicidal or self-injurious behavior in the United States in 2021.
Percentage of United States college students with suicidal or self-injurious behavior in the past year as of 2021*
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Healthy Minds Network. (September 22, 2021). Percentage of United States college students with suicidal or self-injurious behavior in the past year as of 2021* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 11, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1126285/college-students-with-suicidal-and-self-injurious-behavior-us/
Healthy Minds Network. "Percentage of United States college students with suicidal or self-injurious behavior in the past year as of 2021*." Chart. September 22, 2021. Statista. Accessed August 11, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1126285/college-students-with-suicidal-and-self-injurious-behavior-us/
Healthy Minds Network. (2021). Percentage of United States college students with suicidal or self-injurious behavior in the past year as of 2021*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 11, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1126285/college-students-with-suicidal-and-self-injurious-behavior-us/
Healthy Minds Network. "Percentage of United States College Students with Suicidal or Self-injurious Behavior in The past Year as of 2021*." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Sep 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1126285/college-students-with-suicidal-and-self-injurious-behavior-us/
Healthy Minds Network, Percentage of United States college students with suicidal or self-injurious behavior in the past year as of 2021* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1126285/college-students-with-suicidal-and-self-injurious-behavior-us/ (last visited August 11, 2022)
