This statistic shows suicide thoughts, plans and attempts among adults in the United States as of 2017, sorted by substance dependence or abuse. Around 15 percent of respondents with a drug/alcohol dependence or abuse had serious thoughts of suicide during the past year.
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This statistic shows suicide thoughts, plans and attempts among adults in the United States as of 2017, sorted by substance dependence or abuse. Around 15 percent of respondents with a drug/alcohol dependence or abuse had serious thoughts of suicide during the past year.
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This statistic shows suicide thoughts, plans and attempts among adults in the United States as of 2017, sorted by substance dependence or abuse. Around 15 percent of respondents with a drug/alcohol dependence or abuse had serious thoughts of suicide during the past year.
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- September 2018
- Region
- United States
- Survey time period
- 2017
- Number of respondents
- base: around 70,000
- Age group
- 18 years and older
- Method of interview
- Questionnaire
- Supplementary notes
- * Suicide thoughts, plans and attempt in the past year.
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- Region
- United States
- Survey time period
- 2017
- Number of respondents
- base: around 70,000
- Age group
- 18 years and older
- Method of interview
- Questionnaire
- Supplementary notes
- * Suicide thoughts, plans and attempt in the past year.
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- U.S. characteristics
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- Deaths by suicide per 100,000 resident population in the United States from 1950 to 2016, by genderDeath rate for suicide in the U.S. 1950-2016, by gender
- Deaths by suicide per 100,000 residents in the U.S. in 2015 and 2016, by ageDeath rate for suicide in the U.S. 2015-2016 by age
- Deaths per 100,000 resident population by suicide in the U.S. in 2016, by gender and age* Death rate from suicide in the U.S. by gender and age 2016
- U.S. states with the highest share of adults with suicide thoughts in 2015-2016*U.S. states with highest suicide thoughts percentage in adults 2015-2016
- U.S. states with the highest suicide rates as of 2016 (per 100,000 population)U.S. states with highest suicide rates 2016
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- Suicide thoughts, plans and attempts among U.S. adults as of 2017, by substance dependence or abuse*Suicide thoughts among U.S. adults by substance dependence or abuse 2017
- Suicide thoughts, plans and attempts among U.S. adults as of 2017, by major depressive episode*Suicide thoughts among U.S. adults by major depressive episode 2017
- Suicide thoughts, plans and attempts among U.S. adults as of 2017, by serious psychological distress*Suicide thoughts among U.S. adults by serious psychological distress 2017
- Percentage of U.S. suicides that had a known mental health condition as of 2015, by previous metal health diagnoses*Known mental health conditions among U.S. suicide cases in 2015, by diagnoses
- Percentage of U.S. suicide cases with previously known mental health conditions as of 2015, by substance use*Mental health status of U.S. suicide cases in 2015, by substance use
- Distribution of U.S. suicide cases with previously known mental health conditions as of 2015, by methodMental health status of U.S. suicide cases in 2015, by method
- Percentage of U.S. suicides that had a known mental health condition as of 2015, by suicide event or historyMental health status of U.S. suicide cases in 2015, by suicide event/history
- Percentage of college students in the U.S. that were receiving mental health services and had seriously considered suicide from 2010 to 2017, by yearSuicidal ideation among U.S. college students receiving mental healthcare 2010-2017
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- Number of suicides of youth ages 5-18 years at school from 1992 to 2015Suicides of youth ages 5-18 years in U.S. schools from 1992-2015
- States with the highest rates of suicidal death among adolescents in the U.S. as of 2018 (per 100,000 adolescents)*U.S. states with the highest adolescent suicide rates U.S. 2018
- Number of school-associated homicides and suicides of youth ages 5-18 in the United States in 2014-15, by location*Homicides and suicides of youth at schools in the U.S. 2015
- Reasons for receiving specialty mental health services among U.S. youths in the past year as of 2017*Reasons for receiving specialty mental health services among U.S. youths 2017
- Hospitalizations
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- Number of adults hospitalized after a suicide attempt in the United States from 2013 to 2017*Suicide-related hospitalizations among adults in the U.S. 2013-2017
- Number of adults hospitalized after a suicide attempt in the United States in 2016 and 2017, by gender*Suicide-related hospitalizations among adults in the U.S. 2016-2017, by gender
- Number of adults hospitalized after a suicide attempt in the United States in 2015 and 2017, by age group*Suicide-related hospitalizations among adults in the U.S. 2015-2017, by age
- Public opinion
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- Difference between the actual percentage of deaths among women aged 15 to 24 that were suicide and what respondents believed as of 2017
- Rates of the 10 leading causes of death in the United States in 2017 (per 100,000 population)*
- Deaths by suicide per 100,000 resident population in the United States from 1950 to 2016, by gender
- Distribution of deaths from suicide in the U.S. in 2016, by method
- Number of deaths from suicide in the U.S. in 2016, by method
- Suicide thoughts, plans and attempts among U.S. adults as of 2017, by major depressive episode*
- Distribution of U.S. suicide cases with previously known mental health conditions as of 2015, by method
- Percentage of U.S. college students that had ever seriously considered suicide as of fall 2017
- Percentage of U.S. high school students who have seriously considered attempting suicide as of 2017, by gender and ethnicity
- Number of suicides of youth ages 5-18 years at school from 1992 to 2015
- Number of school-associated homicides and suicides of youth ages 5-18 in the United States in 2014-15, by location*
- Number of adults hospitalized after a suicide attempt in the United States in 2016 and 2017, by gender*
- Number of adults hospitalized after a suicide attempt in the United States in 2015 and 2017, by age group*
- Do you consider suicide morally acceptable or morally wrong?
- Do you consider doctor-assisted suicide morally acceptable or morally wrong?
- Planned suicide among U.S. high school students between 2008 and 2012, by demographic characteristic*
- Attempted suicide among U.S. high school students between 2008 and 2012, by demographic characteristic*
- Number of U.S. adults who received mental health treatment or counseling in the past year from 2002 to 2017 (in millions)
- High school students receiving medical attention due to suicide attempts in the U.S. between 2008 and 2012, by demographic characteristic*
- Average annual number of men hospitalized after a suicide attempt in the United States between 2008 and 2012, by age group*
- Average annual number of women hospitalized after a suicide attempt in the United States between 2008 and 2012, by age goup*
- Hospitalization rate after suicide attempts in the United States from 2008 to 2012 (per 100,000 population)
- Percentage of U.S. youth aged 12 to 17 years with a major depressive episode in the past year as of 2017, by age
- Annual number of suicide gun deaths in the United States from 2012 to 2014, by age
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- U.S. states with the highest share of adults with suicide thoughts in 2015-2016*
- U.S. states with the highest suicide rates as of 2016 (per 100,000 population)
- Number of firearm suicide deaths in the United States from 1990 to 2016
- Suicide thoughts, plans and attempts among U.S. adults as of 2017, by substance dependence or abuse*
- Suicide thoughts, plans and attempts among U.S. adults as of 2017, by serious psychological distress*
- Percentage of U.S. suicides that had a known mental health condition as of 2015, by previous metal health diagnoses*
- Percentage of U.S. suicide cases with previously known mental health conditions as of 2015, by substance use*
- Percentage of U.S. suicides that had a known mental health condition as of 2015, by suicide event or history
- Percentage of college students in the U.S. that were receiving mental health services and had seriously considered suicide from 2010 to 2017, by year
- States with the highest rates of suicidal death among adolescents in the U.S. as of 2018 (per 100,000 adolescents)*
- Reasons for receiving specialty mental health services among U.S. youths in the past year as of 2017*
- Number of adults hospitalized after a suicide attempt in the United States from 2013 to 2017*
- Importance of investing public dollars in the prevention of suicide in the U.S. as of 2018
- Serious thoughts about suicide among U.S. high school students between 2008 and 2012, by demographic characteristic*
- Share of suicide victims affected by mental illnesses in Italy from 2011 to 2013, by macro-region
- Number of suicides committed in Japan from 2008 to 2017, by gender
- Average annual hospitalization duration for schizophrenic disorders in France in 2011, by type of institution (in number of days)
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