Statistics
- Teen females develop depression twice as often than men
- Between 20 to 50% suffering from depression have a family member with depression or some other mental disorder.
- Approx. 2/3 of teens with major depression also battle another mood disorder like: Dysthymia, anxiety, antisocial behaviors or substance abuse.
- 1 in every 100,000 of teens commit suicide (ages 10-14)
- Deaths from teenage suicide is every 100 minutes
- 1 in 8 teens suffer from depression
- Suicide is the 3rd leading death for young people between 15-24
- Approx. 20% of teens experienced depression before adulthood
- Between 10-15% from symptoms at any one point
- Only 30% of teens that are depressed get treated for it
- After the decline of depression in the 1990's, the number of depression in teens increased today since 5 years ago
- Deaths per 100,000 population: 10.8
- Number of suicides (in all suicides) 30,622
- Over one million people die by suicide worldwide each year
- The global suicide rate is 16 per 100,000 population
- Global suicide rates have increased 60% in the past 45 years
- On average, one person dies by suicide every 40 seconds somewhere in the world
- 1.8% of worldwide deaths are suicides
- More female teens than males have attempted or considered suicide, the survey found. The rate was highest among Hispanic females, at 13.5%, and lowest among white males, at 4.6%. Students struggled with suicide more during the first two years of high school - roughly ages 14 to 16. Rates dropped off slightly when students reached junior and senior year.
- The CDC anonymously surveyed more than 15,000 high school students in the U.S. over a one-year period, with a 95% confidence rate.
- Suicide is the third leading cause of death in 11 to 18-year-olds. In the majority of adolescent suicide victims, 63%, had psychiatric symptoms — including depression — for more than a year before their deaths.
- While 15% of high school students have suicidal thoughts, less than one in five communicate these thoughts to parents.
- Up to 60% of teens who attempt suicide do not disclose their actions. Only 10% of suicide attempts are known to parents.