Title: 
Headings: 
Suicidal
 
Thoughts
 
and
 
Attempts
 

Suicide
 
Deaths
 

Risk
 
Factors
 

Behavioral
 
Health
 
Issues/Disorders
 

Individual
 
Characteristics
  

Adverse/Stressful
 
Life
 
Circumstances
  

Family
 
Characteristics
  

School
 
and
 
Community
 
Factors
  

Protective
 
Factors
 

Individual
 
Characteristics
 
and
 
Behaviors
  

Social
 
Support
  

School
 
and
 
Community
 
Factors
 

For
 
More
 
Information
 

Endnotes
 

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2014

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Content: Undergrads
 
only3,
 
4,
 
5
 

Undergrads
 
+
 
grads
 
combined6,
 
7,
 
8
 

Not
 
enrolled
 
in
 
college
 
full-time,
 
ages
 
18–229**
 

Seriously
 
considered
 
suicide
 

6.6%–7.5%
 

7.1%–7.7%
 

9.0%
 

Made
 
a
plan
 

2.2%–2.3%

2.3%
 

3.1%
 

Attempted
 
suicide
 

1.1%–1.2%
 

0.6%–1.2%
 

2.2%
 

*A
 
range
 
of
 
rates
 
means
 
two
 
sources
 
were
 
included. A
 
single
 
rate
 
means
 
only
 
one
 
of
 
the
 
sources
 
had
 
that
 
data. **
 
Matched
 
by
 
age,
 
sex,
 
and
 
race
 
Suicide
 
Deaths
 
The
 
following
 
chart
 
draws
 
on
 
three
 
studies
 
of
 
college
 
and
 
university
 
students
 
and
 
compares
 
their
 
suicide
 
rates
 
to
 
those
 
of
 
the
 
general
 
population,
 
matched
 
by
 
age,
 
sex,
 
and
 
race. All
 
numbers
 
are
 
per
 
100,000
 
people. Study
 

Dates
 
studied
 

Students
 
(undergrads
 
and
 
grads)
 

Students
 
(undergrads
 
and
 
grads)
 

Students
 
(undergrads
 
and
 
grads)
 

General
 
population
 

General
 
population
 

General
 
population
 

Study
 

Dates
 
studied
 

Total
 

Males
 

Females
 

Total
 

Males
 

Females
 

Big
 
Ten
 
Student
 
Suicide
 
Study10
  

1980–1990
 

7.5
 

10.0
 

4.5
 

15.0
 

23.7
 

6.4
 

Schwartz11
 

1991–2004
 

6.6
 

N/A
 

N/A
 

12.6
 

N/A
 

N/A
 

Schwartz12
  

2004–2009
 

7.0
 

10.9
 

3.1
 

12.1
 

20.5
 

3.7
 

In
 
all
 
three
 
studies,
 
college
 
and
 
university
 
students
 
had
 
about
 
half
 
the
 
rate
 
of
 
suicide
 
per
 
100,000
 
people
 
compared
 
to
 
a
 
matched
 
sample
 
in
 
the
 
general
 
population. Male
 
students
 
accounted
 
for
 
the
 
majority
 
of
 
the
 

 
suicides
 
and
 
had
 
about
 
half
 
the
 
rate
 
of
 
suicide
 
compared
 
to
 
males
 
in
 
the
 
general
 
population. The
 
rates
 
for
 
female
 
students
 
did
 
not
 
differ
 
much
 
from
 
those
 
of
 
same-age
 
females
 
in
 
the
 
general
 
population. Risk
 
Factors
 
Risk
 
factors
 
for
 
suicide
 
refer
 
to
 
characteristics
 
that
 
are
 
associated
 
with
 
suicide. People
 
who
 
are
 
affected
 
by
 
one
 
or
 
more
 
risk
 
factors
 
may
 
have
 
a
 
greater
 
probability
 
of
 
suicidal
 
behavior. Some
 
risk
 
factors
 
cannot
 
be
 
changed—such
 
as
 
a
 
previous
 
suicide
 
attempt—but
 
they
 
can
 
be
 
used
 
to
 
help
 
identify
 
someone
 
who
 
may
 
be
 
vulnerable
 
to
 
suicide.