In 2019, around 2 percent of millennial physicians in the U.S. reported they had attempted suicide at some point in their life. The statistic illustrates the share of U.S. physicians who have ever felt suicidal or attempted suicide as of 2019, by generation.
Percentage of U.S. physicians who have ever felt suicidal or attempted suicide as of 2019, by generation
Characteristic
Millennial
Generation X
Boomer
Have had thoughts of suicide but not attempted suicide
21%
24%
22%
Have attempted suicide
2%
2%
1%
No
68%
65%
67%
Prefer not to answer
9%
9%
10%
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Medscape. (January 14, 2020). Percentage of U.S. physicians who have ever felt suicidal or attempted suicide as of 2019, by generation [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 18, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1110088/us-physicians-and-thoughts-or-attempts-at-suicide-by-generation/
Medscape. "Percentage of U.S. physicians who have ever felt suicidal or attempted suicide as of 2019, by generation." Chart. January 14, 2020. Statista. Accessed April 18, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1110088/us-physicians-and-thoughts-or-attempts-at-suicide-by-generation/
Medscape. (2020). Percentage of U.S. physicians who have ever felt suicidal or attempted suicide as of 2019, by generation. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 18, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1110088/us-physicians-and-thoughts-or-attempts-at-suicide-by-generation/
Medscape. "Percentage of U.S. Physicians Who Have Ever Felt Suicidal or Attempted Suicide as of 2019, by Generation." Statista, Statista Inc., 14 Jan 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1110088/us-physicians-and-thoughts-or-attempts-at-suicide-by-generation/
Medscape, Percentage of U.S. physicians who have ever felt suicidal or attempted suicide as of 2019, by generation Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1110088/us-physicians-and-thoughts-or-attempts-at-suicide-by-generation/ (last visited April 18, 2025)
Percentage of U.S. physicians who have ever felt suicidal or attempted suicide as of 2019, by generation [Graph], Medscape, January 14, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1110088/us-physicians-and-thoughts-or-attempts-at-suicide-by-generation/
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