In 2022, around 33.2 percent of adults in the United States with a major depressive episode had serious thoughts of suicide within the preceding year. This statistic shows suicidal thoughts, plans, and attempts among U.S. adults as of 2022, broken down by major depressive episode.
Suicide thoughts, plans and attempts among U.S. adults as of 2022, by major depressive episode*
* Suicide thoughts, plans and attempt in the past year. serious thoughts of suicide in the past year. Major Depressive Episode (MDE) is defined as in the 4th edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV), which specifies a period of at least 2 weeks when a person experienced a depressed mood or loss of interest or pleasure in daily activities and had a majority of specified depression symptoms. Respondents with unknown past year MDE data were excluded.
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SAMHSA. (November 16, 2023). Suicide thoughts, plans and attempts among U.S. adults as of 2022, by major depressive episode* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/560384/suicide-plans-and-attempts-among-us-adults-by-depressive-episode/
SAMHSA. "Suicide thoughts, plans and attempts among U.S. adults as of 2022, by major depressive episode*." Chart. November 16, 2023. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/560384/suicide-plans-and-attempts-among-us-adults-by-depressive-episode/
SAMHSA. (2023). Suicide thoughts, plans and attempts among U.S. adults as of 2022, by major depressive episode*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/560384/suicide-plans-and-attempts-among-us-adults-by-depressive-episode/
SAMHSA. "Suicide Thoughts, Plans and Attempts among U.S. Adults as of 2022, by Major Depressive Episode*." Statista, Statista Inc., 16 Nov 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/560384/suicide-plans-and-attempts-among-us-adults-by-depressive-episode/
SAMHSA, Suicide thoughts, plans and attempts among U.S. adults as of 2022, by major depressive episode* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/560384/suicide-plans-and-attempts-among-us-adults-by-depressive-episode/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
Suicide thoughts, plans and attempts among U.S. adults as of 2022, by major depressive episode* [Graph], SAMHSA, November 16, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/560384/suicide-plans-and-attempts-among-us-adults-by-depressive-episode/
