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Statistics on children, youth and families in the Virgin Islands from the Annie E. Casey Foundation and the St. Croix Foundation for Community Development
Youth suicide attempt by gender
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Note: Non-consecutive years appear adjacent in the trend line
because one or more years have been deselected.
because one or more years have been deselected.
Definition and Source
PROVIDER
Definition
Percent of public high school students who reported attempting suicide in the past year, by gender.
Data Source
VI Youth Risk Behavior Survey (VI-YRBS)
Notes
Data is based on responses by 61% (for 2006) and 63% (for 2007) of students in the territory's four public high schools. Thus, the data are not reflective of all youth in this age group. For example, research shows that out-of-school youth are more likely than youth attending school to engage in the majority of health-risk behaviors. These data also do not reflect differences that may exist between public and private/parochial school students.
Last Updated
June 2010