TABLE 1.
Chatters’ pre‐chat characteristics: demographics, main concerns, suicidal ideation, and level of distress (N = 39,911)
| N | % | |
|---|---|---|
| Gender | ||
| Male | 10,190 | 25.5 |
| Female | 25,972 | 65.1 |
| Transgender | 1158 | 2.9 |
| Questioning | 826 | 2.1 |
| Genderqueer | 509 | 1.3 |
| Other | 475 | 1.2 |
| Missing | 781 | 1.9 |
| Age (years) | ||
| <17 | 15,576 | 39.0 |
| 18–24 | 12,922 | 32.4 |
| 25–34 | 6795 | 17.0 |
| >35 | 4278 | 10.7 |
| Missing | 340 | 0.9 |
| Main concerns | ||
| Depression | 19,642 | 49.2 |
| Non‐Suicidal Self‐Harm | 3454 | 8.7 |
| Anxiety | 3468 | 8.7 |
| Family issues | 2620 | 6.6 |
| Relationship issues | 2049 | 5.1 |
| Bullying/Problems in school | 957 | 2.4 |
| Physical, Sexual and/or Emotional abuse | 962 | 2.4 |
| Financial issues | 497 | 1.3 |
| Eating disorder | 438 | 1.1 |
| Physical health | 369 | 0.9 |
| Sexuality | 284 | 0.7 |
| Addictions | 232 | 0.6 |
| Other | 3324 | 8.3 |
| Missing (any main concern) | 1615 | 4.1 |
| Suicidal thoughts | ||
| Current (within the past 24 hours) | 21,869 | 54.8 |
| Recent (within the past few days) | 11,293 | 28.3 |
| No | 6625 | 16.6 |
| Missing | 124 | 0.3 |
| “How upset are you? | ||
| Doing OK | 1496 | 3.8 |
| A little upset | 2534 | 6.4 |
| Moderately upset | 12,012 | 30.1 |
| Very upset | 14,800 | 37.1 |
| Extremely upset | 8948 | 22.4 |
| Missing | 121 | 0.3 |