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Youth Suicide Attempts by Year, New Jersey and the United States, 2007 to 2019
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Why Is This Important?
Suicide is the 3rd leading cause of death among New Jersey teens.
Definition
Actual suicide attempts among high school students in the 12 months prior to survey, regardless of whether medical attention was required
Data Notes
This is Healthy New Jersey 2020 (HNJ2020) Objective IVP-4. Survey is conducted in odd-numbered years only. ** 2015 and 2017 NJ survey data not available.Data Sources
- New Jersey Student Health Survey, Office of Student Support Services, Division of Student Services and Career Readiness, New Jersey Department of Education
(http://www.nj.gov/education/students/yrbs/) - Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(https://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/data/yrbs/index.htm)
How the Measure is Calculated
Numerator:
Respondents who answered one or more times to the question: "During the past 12 months, how many times did you actually attempt suicide?"Denominator:
Total number of survey respondents in grades 9-12
Data Issues
In 2015 and 2017, the New Jersey Student Health Survey was unable to obtain the number of student responses needed to reach the 60% response rate required by the CDC to be able to weight the data to be representative of the New Jersey high school student population.Related Health Objectives and Indicators
Health Initiative: HP2030
Healthy People 2030 Objective MHMD-02
U.S. Target: Reduce suicide attempts by adolescents to 1.8 percent of high school students in grades 9-12 by 2030.0
https://health.gov/healthypeople/objectives-and-data/browse-objectives/mental-health-and-mental-disorders
Health Initiative: HP2020
Healthy People 2020 Objective MHMD-2
U.S. Target: Reduce suicide attempts by adolescents to 1.7 suicide attempts per 100 high school students in grades 9-12 by 2020.0
https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives/topic/mental-health-and-mental-disorders
Health Initiative: HNJ2020
Healthy NJ 2020 Objective IVP-4
NJ Target: Reduce suicide attempts among high school students (grades 9-12) to 6.5 percent for the total population, 8.2% for Blacks, 10.5% for Hispanics, and 4.3% for Whites by 2020.0
https://www.nj.gov/health/chs/hnj2020/topics/injury-violence-prevention.shtml