Table 1.

Prevalence ratios and 95% confidence intervals for lifetime suicide attempts in adolescents (10–19 years old) by sex and age group. Mexican National Health and Nutrition Surveys 2006, 2012 and 2018–2019.

	2006	2012	2018–2019	2006 vs. 2012	2012 vs. 2018	2006 vs. 2018–2019
	% [95% CI]	% [95% CI]	% [95% CI]	PR [95% CI]	PR [95% CI]	PR [95% CI]
Lifetime suicide attempt (s)	1.1 [1.0,1.4]	2.7 [2.4,3.1]	3.9 [3.5,4.3]	2.4 *** [1.9, 3.0]	1.4 *** [1.2,1.7]	3.4 *** [2.8,4.2]
Sex
Men	0.6 [0.4,0.9]	0.9 [0.6,1.2]	1.8 [1.4,2.3]	1.4 [0.9,2.3]	2.1 *** [1.4,3.1]	3.0 *** [2.0,4.6]
Women	1.7 [1.4,2.1]	4.6 [4.0,5.3]	6.1 [5.4,6.7]	2.7 *** [2.1,3.5]	1.3 ** [1.1,1.6]	3.6 *** [2.9,4.5]
Age Group
10–12 years	0.4 [0.2,0.5]	1.1 [0.8,1.5]	1.0 [0.7,1.3]	3.0 *** [1.8,5.0]	0.9 [0.6,1.4]	2.8 *** [1.7,4.5]
13–15 years	1.0 [0.8,1.3]	3.5 [2.8,4.2]	5.2 [4.4,6.1]	3.4 *** [2.4,4.8]	1.5 ** [1.2,2.0]	5.1 *** [3.7,7.0]
16–17 years	1.8 [1.3,2.3]	3.8 [3.0,4.8]	5.7 [4.8,6.9]	2.2 *** [1.5,3.1]	1.5 ** [1.1,2.0]	3.3 *** [2.3,4.6]
18–19 years	2.1 [1.5,3.1]	3.2 [2.4,4.4]	4.7 [3.8,5.6]	1.5 [0.9,2.5]	1.4 * [1.0,2.1]	2.2 *** [1.4,3.3]
Last-year suicide attempt(s)	NA	1.4 [1.2,1.7]	1.8 [1.6,2.1]	NA	1.3 * [1.0,1.6]	NA
Sex
Men	NA	0.5 [0.4,0.8]	1.0 [0.7,1.4]	NA	1.8 * [1.1,3.0]	NA
Women	NA	2.4 [2.0,2.9]	2.7 [2.3,3.2]	NA	1.1 [0.9,1.5]	NA
Age Group						NA
10–12 years	NA	0.7 [0.5,1.1]	0.7 [0.5,1.0]	NA	0.9 [0.6,1.7]	NA
13–15 years	NA	2.1 [1.6,2.6]	2.7 [2.2,3.4]	NA	1.3 [0.9,1.9]	NA
16–17 years	NA	1.8 [1.4,2.5]	2.5 [1.9,3.4]	NA	1.4 [0.9,2.1]	NA
18–19 years	NA	1.3 [0.8,2.2]	1.4 [1.0,2.0]	NA	1.1 [0.6,2.1]	NA

Notes: sample sizes (25,056 for 2006, 21,509 for 2012 and 17,925 for 2018–2019). Represented population in thousands (22,875 for 2006; 22,804.1 for 2012; and 22,886 for 2018–2019). Weighted estimates; * p < 0.05 ** p < 0.01 *** p < 0.001, CI = Confidence interval, NA = Not available.