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1999 YRBS High School Survey

Oregon Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS)
1999 High School

Weighted Column Percents | Counts

Q30. During the past 12 months, how many times did you actually attempt suicide?
Weighted Column Percents

TOTAL Grade
9th 10th 11th 12th
TOTAL 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
0 times 93.6 92.0 92.3 94.7 95.9
1 time 3.7 4.6 4.3 3.1 2.3
2 or 3 times 1.9 2.4 2.2 1.7 1.2
4 or 5 times .3 .4 .6 .2 .1
6 or more times .5 .6 .6 .3 .5
Female Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
0 times 90.8 88.2 89.0 92.7 94.6
1 time 5.3 6.7 6.1 4.2 3.5
2 or 3 times 2.9 3.9 3.4 2.5 1.5
4 or 5 times .4 .4 .8 .2 .1
6 or more times .6 .8 .6 .4 .4
Male Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
0 times 96.5 96.3 95.6 96.9 97.3
1 time 2.0 2.2 2.5 1.9 1.2
2 or 3 times .8 .8 .9 .8 .8
4 or 5 times .2 .3 .3 .1 .2
6 or more times .5 .4 .7 .2 .5


Q30. During the past 12 months, how many times did you actually attempt suicide?
Counts

TOTAL Grade
9th 10th 11th 12th
TOTAL 22,913 7,002 6,070 6,380 3,461
0 times 19,941 5,956 5,275 5,640 3,070
1 time 789 311 230 176 72
2 or 3 times 429 176 117 101 35
4 or 5 times 77 30 30 14 3
6 or more times 103 40 29 20 14
Refused/Unknown 1,574 489 389 429 267
Female Total 11,597 3,632 3,016 3,218 1,731
0 times 9,929 2,995 2,569 2,833 1,532
1 time 573 239 156 123 55
2 or 3 times 343 149 95 75 24
4 or 5 times 55 23 22 9 1
6 or more times 59 27 15 12 5
Refused/Unknown 638 199 159 166 114
Male Total 11,316 3,370 3,054 3,162 1,730
0 times 10,012 2,961 2,706 2,807 1,538
1 time 216 72 74 53 17
2 or 3 times 86 27 22 26 11
4 or 5 times 22 7 8 5 2
6 or more times 44 13 14 8 9
Refused/Unknown 936 290 230 263 153