TABLE 4. Annual average estimated number* and percentage of adults aged ≥18 years who had suicidal thoughts, plans, and attempts during the previous year, by geographic region and age group — National Survey on Drug Use and Health, United States, 2015–2019†.
| Geographic region§ | Age group (yrs) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18–39 |
40–55 |
≥56 |
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| No. | % (95% CI) | No. | % (95% CI) | No. | % (95% CI) | |
|
Suicidal thought
| ||||||
| Northeast |
1,073 |
6.7 (6.3–7) |
350 |
3.0 (2.6–3.5) |
328 |
2.1 (1.7–2.5) |
| Midwest |
1,453 |
7.5 (7.2–7.8) |
509 |
3.8 (3.4–4.2) |
378 |
2.0 (1.7–2.4) |
| South |
2,272 |
6.5 (6.2–6.8) |
782 |
3.1 (2.8–3.5) |
650 |
2.0 (1.8–2.3) |
| West |
1,717 |
7.4 (7–7.8) |
577 |
3.8 (3.4–4.2) |
499 |
2.6 (2.0.2–3) |
|
Total
|
6,515
|
6.9 (6.8–7.1)
|
2,218
|
3.4 (3.2–3.6)
|
1,854
|
2.2 (2.0–2.3)
|
|
Suicide plan
| ||||||
| Northeast |
295 |
1.8 (1.7–2.0) |
79 |
0.7 (0.5–0.9) |
68 |
0.4 (0.3–0.7) |
| Midwest |
478 |
2.5 (2.3–2.7) |
166 |
1.2 (1.0–1.5) |
97 |
0.5 (0.4–0.7) |
| South |
695 |
2.0 (1.8–2.1) |
246 |
1.0 (0.8–1.2) |
143 |
0.4 (0.3–0.6) |
| West |
536 |
2.3 (2.1–2.5) |
165 |
1.1 (0.9–1.3) |
117 |
0.6 (0.4–0.8) |
|
Total
|
2,004
|
2.1 (2.1–2.2)
|
655
|
1.0 (0.9–1.1)
|
425
|
0.5 (0.4–0.6)
|
|
Suicide attempt
| ||||||
| Northeast |
166 |
1.0 (0.9–1.2) |
27 |
0.2 (0.1–0.5) |
27 |
0.2 (0.1–0.3) |
| Midwest |
216 |
1.1 (1.0–1.2) |
63 |
0.5 (0.3–0.6) |
39 |
0.2 (0.1–0.4) |
| South |
350 |
1.0 (0.9–1.1) |
111 |
0.4 (0.3–0.6) |
60 |
0.2 (0.1–0.3) |
| West |
236 |
1.0 (0.9–1.2) |
51 |
0.3 (0.2–0.5) |
40 |
0.2 (0.1–0.4) |
| Total | 968 | 1.0 (1.0–1.1) | 252 | 0.4 (0.3–0.5) | 166 | 0.2 (0.1–0.3) |
* In thousands.
† Estimates based only on responses to suicide items in the Mental Health module. Respondents with unknown suicide information were excluded.
§ Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia. West: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.