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Suicide thoughts among U.S. adults by serious psychological distress 2017
Suicide thoughts, plans and attempts among U.S. adults as of 2017, by serious psychological distress*
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.
Suicide thoughts, plans and attempts among U.S. adults as of 2017, by serious psychological distress*
| Serious psychological distress | No serious psychological distress | |
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| Serious psychological distress | No serious psychological distress | |
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| - | - | - |
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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
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- 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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- 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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- 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
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- Suicide thoughts, plans and attempts among U.S. adults as of 2017, by major depressive episode*
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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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- Distribution of U.S. suicide cases with previously known mental health conditions as of 2015, by method
- 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 2018, by year
- Percentage of U.S. college students that had ever seriously considered suicide as of fall 2018
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- Number of suicides of youth ages 5-18 years at school from 1992 to 2016
- States with the highest rates of suicidal death among adolescents in the U.S. as of 2018 (per 100,000 adolescents)*
- Number of school-associated homicides and suicides of youth ages 5-18 in the United States in 2015-16, by location*
- 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*
- Number of adults hospitalized after a suicide attempt in the United States in 2016 and 2017, by gender*
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- Importance of investing public dollars in the prevention of suicide in the U.S. as of 2019
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- Serious thoughts about 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*
- Planned suicide among U.S. high school students between 2008 and 2012, by demographic characteristic*
- Percentage of U.S. transgender students with select sexual risks as of 2017
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- Distribution of U.S. suicides that had a known mental health condition as of 2015, by relationship problems or loss
- Percentage of aborginal drug users in Canada with suicidal thoughts during their lifetime as of 2012
- Percentage of aborginal daily smokers in Canada with suicidal thoughts during the last year as of 2012
- Number of firearm suicide deaths in the United States in 2016, by gender
- Number of firearm suicide deaths in the United States in 2016, by age
- Share of suicide victims with relevant chronic diseases in Italy from 2011 to 2013
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- Annual number of suicides in Finland from 2006 to 2016
- Opinions about employers' responsibility to support employee's physical health in Canada as of 2015
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- Number of suicides in Sweden in 2017, by gender and age group
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