This statistic shows suicide thoughts, plans and attempts among U.S. adults as of 2020, broken down by major depressive episode. Around 34 percent of respondents with a major depressive episode had serious thoughts of suicide within the preceding year.
Suicide thoughts, plans and attempts among U.S. adults as of 2020, by major depressive episode*
* Suicide thoughts, plans and attempt in the past year. serious thoughts of suicide in the past year. Major Depressive Episode (MDE) is defined as in the 4th edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV), which specifies a period of at least 2 weeks when a person experienced a depressed mood or loss of interest or pleasure in daily activities and had a majority of specified depression symptoms. Respondents with unknown past year MDE data were excluded.
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SAMHSA. (October 25, 2021). Suicide thoughts, plans and attempts among U.S. adults as of 2020, by major depressive episode* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 04, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/560384/suicide-plans-and-attempts-among-us-adults-by-depressive-episode/
SAMHSA. "Suicide thoughts, plans and attempts among U.S. adults as of 2020, by major depressive episode*." Chart. October 25, 2021. Statista. Accessed July 04, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/560384/suicide-plans-and-attempts-among-us-adults-by-depressive-episode/
SAMHSA. (2021). Suicide thoughts, plans and attempts among U.S. adults as of 2020, by major depressive episode*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 04, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/560384/suicide-plans-and-attempts-among-us-adults-by-depressive-episode/
SAMHSA. "Suicide Thoughts, Plans and Attempts among U.S. Adults as of 2020, by Major Depressive Episode*." Statista, Statista Inc., 25 Oct 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/560384/suicide-plans-and-attempts-among-us-adults-by-depressive-episode/
SAMHSA, Suicide thoughts, plans and attempts among U.S. adults as of 2020, by major depressive episode* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/560384/suicide-plans-and-attempts-among-us-adults-by-depressive-episode/ (last visited July 04, 2022)
