Risk of Suicide Among Hispanic Females Aged 12 to 17 

The NHSDA Report:  Risk of Suicide Among Hispanic Females Aged 12 to 17 

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Highlights

• SAMHSA's National Household Survey on Drug Abuse in 2000 asked youths whether they had thought seriously about killing themselves or tried to kill themselves during the 12 months before the survey interview.  

• In 2000, Hispanic females aged 12 to 17 were at higher risk for suicide than other youths.  Only 32 percent of Hispanic female youths at risk for suicide during the past year received mental health treatment during this same time period.

• Hispanic female youths born in the United States were at higher risk than Hispanic female youths born outside the United States.  But rates of suicide risk were similar among Hispanic female youths across regions and ethnic subgroups (e.g., Mexican, Puerto Rican, Central or South American and Cuban).

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This Short Report, The NHSDA Report:  Risk of Suicide Among Hispanic Females Aged 12 to 17, is based on SAMHSA's  National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA), conducted by the Office of Applied Studies (OAS) in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).  SAMHSA's National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA) is the primary source of information on the prevalence, patterns, and consequences of drug and alcohol use and abuse in the general U.S. civilian non institutionalized population, age 12 and older.   The NHSDA also provides estimates for drug use by state.

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