Suicides of youth in U.S. schools 1992-2020

During the 2019-20 school year, one youth committed suicide on the campus of a functioning elementary or secondary school. It has been found that the death rate for suicide in the U.S. for males has remained higher than that of females for the entire period between 1950 to 2019.

Number of suicides of youth ages 5-18 years at school in the United States from 1992 to 2020

Characteristic	Number of suicides
2019-20	1
2018-19	3
2017-18	8
2016-17	6
2015-16	3
2014-15	9
2013-14	8
2012-13	6
2011-12	5
2010-11	3
2009-10	2
2008-09	7
2007-08	5
2006-07	9
2005-06	3
2004-05	8
2003-04	5
2002-03	10
2001-02	5
2000-01	6
1999-00	8
1998-99	4
1997-98	6
1996-97	1
1995-96	6
1994-95	7
1993-94	7
1992-93	6

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Release date

September 2023

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Region

United States

Survey time period

1992 to 2020

Age group

5 to 18 years

Supplementary notes

A school-associated violent death is defined as “a homicide, suicide, or legal intervention (involving a law enforcement officer), in which the fatal injury occurred on the campus of a functioning elementary or secondary school in the United States” while the victim was on the way to or from regular sessions at school or while the victim was attending or traveling to or from an official school-sponsored event. Victims include students, staff members, and others who are not students, from July 1, 1992 through June 30, 2020.
“At school” includes on school property, on the way to or from regular sessions at school, and while attending or traveling to or from a school-sponsored event. Estimates were revised and may differ from previously published data.

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