Teen Suicide Data

The Center for Health Statistics has three databases that include information on youth suicide: The Adolescent Suicide Attempt Data System (ASADS), Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS), and Death Enumeration and Analysis Data (DEAD) file.

Related Publications

• Youth Suicide Prevention: Find out how to get help and help others.
  
  
• Youth Suicide: Results from the 1999 YRBS Health Trends Newsletter August 2000 (pdf) (352K)

   

  
  
• What's Killing our Kids? 1998 Oregon Child Fatalities
  CD Summary Vol.49, No. 7, March 2000 (1998 data) (pdf) (53K)
  
  
• Weapons and Oregon Teens - What is the Risk? More Oregon high school-aged students died from gunshot injuries than from all natural causes combined.
  Report published October, 1999 (1997 YRBS Data) (pdf) (1435K)
  
  
• Suicidal Behavior - Results from the 1997 Youth Risk Behavior Survey
  Health Trends Newsletter May 1998
  
  
• Oregon Vital Statistics County Data - See Table 19: Adolescent Suicide Attempts by Age and County of Residence
  
  
• Annual Report, Vol 2 - See Section 8: Adolescent Suicide Attempts
  
  
• Suicidal Behavior, A Survey of Oregon High School Students - 1997 YRBS Data
  Report published September 1997
  
  
• Suicide and Suicidal Thoughts by Oregonians
  Download report published Nov. 1997. (1994 data) (pdf) (875K) or
  See press release