18-2.
Reduce the rate of suicide attempts by adolescents.
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18-2. | |
Reduce the rate of suicide attempts by adolescents. |
Target: 12-month average of 1 percent.
Baseline: 12-month average of 2.6 percent of adolescents in grades 9 through 12 attempted suicide in 1999.
Target setting method: Better than the best.
Data source: Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS), CDC, NCCDPHP.
|
Students in Grades 9 Through 12, 1999 |
Suicide Attempts |
|
Percent |
|
|
TOTAL |
2.6 |
|
Race and ethnicity |
|
|
American Indian or Alaska Native |
DSU |
|
Asian or Pacific Islander |
DSU |
|
Asian |
DSU |
|
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander |
DSU |
|
Black or African American |
3.1 |
|
White |
2.2 |
|
|
|
|
Hispanic or Latino |
3.0 |
|
Not Hispanic or Latino |
2.6 |
|
Black or African American |
2.9 |
|
White |
1.9 |
|
Gender |
|
|
Female |
3.1 |
|
Male |
2.1 |
|
Parents’ education level |
|
|
Less than high school |
DNC |
|
High school graduate |
DNC |
|
At least some college |
DNC |
|
Sexual orientation |
DNC |
DNA = Data have not been analyzed. DNC = Data are not collected. DSU = Data are statistically unreliable.