Table of Contents

Contents
(Detailed Table of Contents)

 •  FIGURES
 •  TABLES
 •  INTRODUCTION
 •  METHODOLOGY
 •  RESULTS
 •  CONCLUSIONS
 •  APPENDIX A.
  Acknowledgment of Participating Schools
 •  APPENDIX B.
  YRBS Questions Included in This Report
 •  APPENDIX C.
  Risky Behavior and the Home Environment
 •  APPENDIX D.
  Suicide Attempts and Deaths, 1994-1996
 •  APPENDIX E.
  School-based Health Centers
 •  REFERENCES AND ENDNOTES
 •  INDEX

SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR
A Survey of Oregon High School Students, 1997
Oregon Department of Human Resources


Health Services
Center for Disease Prevention and Epidemiology
Center for Health Statistics
800 NE Oregon Street, Suite 225
Portland, Oregon 97232
September 1998



ISSN 1520-5681

Prepared by:
David Hopkins

Desktop Publishing by:
Melissa Grace Franklin

Acknowledgments:
Many people reviewed and otherwise contributed to this report,
including Tammis Alexander, Linda Duke, David Fleming, M.D.,
Joyce Grant-Worley, Elinor Hall, Grant Higginson, M.D.,
Tina Kent, David Lane, Phyllis Mason, Andy Osborn, Cathy Riddell, Ken Rosenberg, M.D., and Jill Skrezyna.

Center for Health Statistics
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Portland, OR 97293-0050
Telephone: (971) 673-1180