This statistic shows suicide thoughts, plans and attempts among U.S. adults as of 2017, broken down by serious psychological distress. It was found that 26 percent of respondents with serious psychological distress had serious thoughts of suicide within the preceding year.
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Suicide thoughts, plans and attempts among U.S. adults as of 2017, by serious psychological distress*
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This statistic shows suicide thoughts, plans and attempts among U.S. adults as of 2017, broken down by serious psychological distress. It was found that 26 percent of respondents with serious psychological distress had serious thoughts of suicide within the preceding year.
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This statistic shows suicide thoughts, plans and attempts among U.S. adults as of 2017, broken down by serious psychological distress. It was found that 26 percent of respondents with serious psychological distress had serious thoughts of suicide within the preceding 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
- * Serious Psychological Distress (SPD) is defined for this table as having a score of 13 or higher on the K6 scale 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
- * Serious Psychological Distress (SPD) is defined for this table as having a score of 13 or higher on the K6 scale in the past year.
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- Suicide thoughts, plans and attempts among U.S. adults as of 2016, by serious psychological distress*Suicide thoughts among U.S. adults by serious psychological distress 2016
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- Number of adults hospitalized after a suicide attempt in the United States in 2015 and 2016, by gender*
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- Percentage of U.S. suicides that had a known mental health condition as of 2015, by previous metal health diagnoses*
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- 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 2016*
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