2017

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DEPRESSION& SUICIDE

Total participants:4,376

8th grade: 32%10th grade: 36%12th grade: 32%Male: 47%

Female: 53%

The Teens Who Took the YAS:

White: 72%Hispanic: 12%Other: 16%

I stopped doing some usual activities because I felt so sad or hopeless almost every day for two weeks or more in a row.

37% 20%35%

Hispanic27%

White35%

Other

25% 13%23%

Hispanic17%

White27%

Other

I have seriously thought about attempting suicide.*

17% 10%14%

Hispanic12%

White20%

Other

I have made a plan about how to attempt suicide.

10% 5%11%

Hispanic6%

White13%

Other

I attempted suicide 1+ times.

The percent of participants that, on average, spend 3 or more hours watching tv, playing video or computer games, or using a computer for something that is not school work.

53%

In the past year...

Risk Factor

Prevention

50%

The percent of students who have been physically active for 60+ minutes per day on five or more of the past seven days.

*Of those who thought about suicide, 40% attempted.

19%

14%

8%

29%