In a study of all non-traffic injury deaths associated with alcohol intoxication, over 20 percent were suicides. In studies that examine risk factors among people who have completed suicide, substance use and abuse occurs more frequently among youth and adults, compared to older persons.
The percentage of high school students who reported that they had thought seriously about committing suicide in the last year declined from 29 percent in 1991 to a low of 14 percent in 2009. However, prevalence has increased since, reaching 17 percent in 2017.
Medical Definition of suicide (Entry 1 of 2) 1 : the act or an instance of taking one's own life voluntarily and intentionally. 2 : a person who commits or attempts suicide. suicide.
Almost half of college students had a psychiatric disorder in the past year. 73% of students experience some sort of mental health crisis during college. Almost 1/3 of college students report having felt so depressed that they had trouble functioning.
The NVDRS 2015 data showed that, among men of all races, men over 65 were the most likely to die of suicides (27.67 suicides per 100,000), closely followed by men 40–64 (27.10 suicides per 100,000). Men 20–39 (23.41 per 100,000) and 15–19 (13.81 per 100,000) were less likely to die of suicides.