The
NHSDA Report: Risk of Suicide Among Hispanic Females Aged
12 to 17
Highlights
- SAMHSA's
National Household Survey on Drug Abuse in 2000 asked youths whether
they had thought seriously about killing themselves or tried to kill
themselves during the 12 months before the survey interview.
- In
2000, Hispanic females aged 12 to 17 were at higher risk for suicide
than other youths. Only 32 percent of Hispanic female youths at
risk for suicide during the past year received mental health treatment
during this same time period.
- Hispanic
female youths born in the United States were at higher risk than Hispanic
female youths born outside the United States. But rates of suicide
risk were similar among Hispanic female youths across regions and ethnic
subgroups (e.g., Mexican, Puerto Rican, Central or South American and
Cuban).
Reports
on racial & ethnic groups
Reports
on youth
Reports
on mental health
Other
topics
OAS
publications and services
This Short
Report, The NHSDA
Report: Risk of Suicide Among Hispanic Females Aged 12 to
17, is based on SAMHSA's National
Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA), conducted by the
Office of Applied Studies (OAS) in the Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). SAMHSA's National Household
Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA) is the primary source of information on the
prevalence, patterns, and consequences of drug and alcohol use and abuse
in the general U.S. civilian non institutionalized population, age 12
and older. The NHSDA also provides estimates
for drug use by state.
|
