Number of adults in the United States who had suicidal thoughts, suicide plans, or attempts during the previous year from 2015 to 2019, by race/ethnicity
(in thousands)
Characteristic
Suicidal thoughts*
Suicide plan
Suicide attempt
White, non-Hispanic
7,169
2,014
805
Black, non-Hispanic
1,081
349
204
Asian, non-Hispanic
400
121
64
AI/AN, non-Hispanic
68
26
11
NH/OPI, non-Hispanic
34
11
9
Two or more races, non-Hispanic
319
116
51
Hispanic
1,514
446
243
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* Respondents who answered 鈥測es鈥 to the question, 鈥淎t any time in the past 12 months, did you seriously think about trying to kill yourself?鈥 were categorized as having serious thoughts of suicide in the past year.
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Number of U.S. adults with suicidal thoughts, plans, attempts 2015-2019, by ethnicity
From 2015 to 2019, around 7.17 million white, non-Hispanic adults in the U.S. reported that they seriously thought about killing themselves at least once in the past 12 months. This statistic illustrates the number of adults in the United States who had suicidal thoughts, suicide plans, or attempts in the past year from 2015 to 2019, by race/ethnicity.
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