Abstract
The following is data on youth suicide compiled as of April 2019. 2017 SUICIDAL IDEATION AND BEHAVIORS (2015 %)1 17.2% seriously considered suicide (17.7%) 13.6% made a suicide plan (14.6%) 7.4% attempted suicide (8.6%) 2.4% attempt required medical attention (2.8%) 2017 YOUTH SUICIDE DEATHS (2016 deaths/rank/rate) Age in Years Number of Deaths2 Cause of Death Rank3 Suicide Rate2,4 5 to 8 0 9 4 (7) 11 (9) 0.10 (0.17) 10 12 (12) 7 (8) 0.29 (0.29) 11 24 (34) 4 (3) 1.01 (0.82) 12 77 (68) 3 (3) 1.86 (1.64) 13 149 (121) 2 (2) 3.59 (2.94) 14 237 (201) 1 (2) 5.74 (4.91) 15 349 (308) 1 (2) 8.48 (7.43) 16 438 (370) 2 (2) 10.37 (8.67) 17 469 (414) 2 (2) 10.92 (9.85) 18 559 (530) 2 (2) 13.18 (11.57) Total 2,337 (2,023) 2 (2) 4.03 (3.49) OTHER YOUTH SUICIDE STATISTICS More males (5–18 years) died by suicide than females in 2017 5 Gender ratio 2.82 male suicides (N=1,725) for each female suicide (N=612) More females (5–18 years) engaged in nonfatal self-harm than males in 2017 6 Gender ratio 3.625 female self-injuries (N=90,794) for each male self-injury (N=25,046) More nonfatal self-injuries than suicide deaths in 2017 (5–18 years) Females: 1 suicide death 5 for every 148 nonfatal self-injuries 7 Males: 1 suicide death 5 for every 14.5 nonfatal self-injuries 7 42% of 14–18 year old suicides are by a firearm 1 46% of 14–18 year old male suicides are by a firearm 18% of 14–18 years old female suicides are by a firearm Suicide by firearms rate (all ages);=7.32 per 100,000 (7.10) 5 Suicide by firearms rate (14–18 year olds);=4.31 (3.76) Suicide by firearms rate (14–18 year old males);=7.41 (6.18) Suicide by firearms rate (14–18 year old females);=1.07 (1.22) When a person uses a firearm in an attempt to die by suicide, death is the result 85% of the time (compared to 3% of fatalities that follow a drug overdose) 8 Emergency Department Visits for Suicidal Ideation and Suicide Attempts 9 Nationwide estimated visits increased from 580,000 (2007) to 1,200,000 (2015) 42%, ages 5–12 years; 24%, ages 12–15 years; 32% ages 15–18 years 45% female; 55% male Triage acuity level: Immediate/emergent, 13%; Urgent, 28%; Semiurgent, 36%; Nonurgent, 7%; Unknown/unavailable, 16% 2017 SUICIDE DEATHS, YOUTH AGES 15–24 YEARS10 States Ranked by Rate (per 100,000 pop.) 2017 Rank State (2016 rank) Deaths Population Crude Rate 1 Alaska (1) 45 101,519 44.33 2 Wyoming (11) 27 74,359 36.31 3 New Mexico (10) 92 282,779 32.53 4 Montana (2) 43 136,163 31.58 5 South Dakota (3) 36 116,225 30.97 6 North Dakota (8) 31 112,258 27.61 7 Utah (9) 124 495,829 25.01 8 Oklahoma (6) 131 538,537 24.33 9 Idaho (4) 56 234,297 23.90 10 New Hampshire (15) 42 175,829 23.89 11 Colorado (5) 169 733,817 23.03 12 Arkansas (24) 90 401,152 22.44 13 Kansas (17) 93 415,579 22.38 14 Washington (18) 199 923,869 21.54 15 Nevada (25) 77 363,620 21.18 16 Missouri (12) 170 807,673 21.05 17 Hawaii (14) 33 171,028 19.30 18 Oregon (16) 97 511,478 18.96 19 Nebraska (21) 48 268,436 17.88 20 Arizona (20) 163 951,609 17.13 21 Indiana (22) 156 931,694 16.74 22 Iowa (31) 72 444,186 16.21 23 Vermont (40) 14 88,170 15.88 24 Ohio (37) 243 1,532,866 15.85 25 Minnesota (32) 114 721,314 15.80 26 Pennsylvania (35) 254 1,647,958 15.41 27 Texas (36) 609 3,996,424 15.24 28 South Carolina (19) 98 657,090 14.91 29 Tennessee (34) 130 872,034 14.91 30 Louisiana (27) 92 619,351 14.85 31 Wisconsin (13) 114 782,011 14.58 32 Virginia (30) 163 1,122,746 14.52 33 Alabama (33) 93 648,404 14.34 34 West Virginia (29) 32 223,117 14.34 U.S. Suicide Deaths/Rate 6,252 43,250,295 14.29 35 Michigan (28) 194 1,364,012 14.22 36 Kentucky (23) 81 590,662 13.71 37 Maine (7) 21 155,894 13.47 38 Georgia (26) 194 1,442,084 13.45 39 Mississippi (38) 55 415,690 13.23 40 North Carolina (39) 180 1,373,437 13.11 41 Illinois (42) 214 1,702,488 12.57 42 Florida (41) 293 2,472,908 11.85 43 Delaware (43) 14 120,191 11.65 44 Rhode Island (48) 17 151,326 11.23 45 Connecticut (49) 52 493,215 10.54 46 Maryland (45) 77 771,286 9.98 47 California (44) 522 5,330,443 9.79 48 New Jersey (50) 100 1,137,332 8.79 49 Massachusetts (45) 80 949,117 8.43 50 New York (47) 200 2,586,294 7.73