Table 1                        
Suicide: Percentage of High School Students Who Thought Seriously About Attempting Suicide,1 Selected Years, 1991-2005                        
  1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005                        
All Students 29.0 24.1 24.1 20.5 19.3 19.0 16.9 16.9                        
                           
Race/Ethnicity2                          
White, non-Hispanic 29.9 24.2 24.9 19.5 17.6 19.7 16.5 16.9                        
Black, non-Hispanic 22.2 19.9 20.0 16.4 15.3 13.3 12.5 12.2                        
Hispanic 26.8 26.0 25.0 23.1 19.9 19.4 18.1 17.9                        
                           
Grade                          
9 29.1 24.2 25.7 22.2 18.1 20.8 16.9 17.9                        
10 29.5 24.7 24.5 21.5 21.9 19.0 18.3 17.3                        
11 31.6 24.6 26.3 21.0 18.3 18.9 16.4 16.8                        
12 25.8 22.7 20.0 17.9 18.4 16.4 15.5 14.8                        
Male 20.8 18.8 18.3 15.1 13.7 14.2 12.8 12.0                        
                           
Race/Ethnicity2                          
White, non-Hispanic 21.7 19.1 19.1 14.4 12.5 14.9 12.0 12.4                        
Black, non-Hispanic 13.3 15.4 16.7 10.6 11.7 9.2 10.3 7.0                        
Hispanic 18.0 17.9 15.7 17.1 13.6 12.2 12.9 11.9                        
                           
Grade                          
9 17.6 17.7 18.2 16.1 11.9 14.7 11.9 12.2                        
10 19.5 18.0 16.7 14.5 13.7 13.8 13.2 11.9                        
11 25.3 20.6 21.7 16.6 13.7 14.1 12.9 11.9                        
12 20.7 18.3 16.3 13.5 15.6 13.7 13.2 11.6                        
Female 37.2 29.6 30.4 27.1 24.9 23.6 21.3 21.8                        
                           
Race/Ethnicity2                          
White, non-Hispanic 38.6 29.7 31.6 26.1 23.2 24.2 21.2 21.5                        
Black, non-Hispanic 29.4 24.5 22.2 22.0 18.8 17.2 14.7 17.1                        
Hispanic 34.6 34.1 34.1 30.3 26.1 26.5 23.4 24.2                        
                           
Grade                          
9 40.3 30.9 34.4 28.9 24.4 26.2 22.2 23.9                        
10 39.7 31.6 32.8 30.0 30.1 24.1 23.8 23.0                        
11 38.4 28.9 31.1 26.2 23.0 23.6 20.0 21.6                        
12 30.7 27.3 23.9 23.6 21.2 18.9 18.0 18.0                        
                           
Note: Estimates do not include youth who dropped out of school and therefore may not reflect total national values                           
"-" Indicates no data available                          
1 During the last twelve months                          
2Race/ethnicity estimates from 1999 and later are not directly comparable to earlier years due to federal changes in race definitions. In surveys conducted in 1999 and later, respondents were allowed to select more than one race when selecting their racial category. Estimates presented only include respondents who selected one category when choosing their race. 
                       
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  Surveillance Summaries, Data for 1991: YRBSS: Youth Online, Comprehensive Results. Retrieved May 24, 2004 from URL: http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/yrbss/;  Data for 1993: March 24 1995. MMWR 1995; 44(No. SS-1): Table 10; Data for 1995: September 27, 1996. MMWR 1996; 45 (No. SS-4): Table 10;                        
 Data for 1997: August 14, 1998. MMWR; 47(No. SS-3): Table 10; Data for 1999: June 9, 2000. MMWR 2000; 49(No. SS-5): Table 12; Data for 2001: June 28, 2002. MMWR 2002; 51(No. SS-4): Table 12; Data for 2003: May 21, 2004. MMWR 2004; 53(No. SS-2): Table 16.  Data for 2005: June 9, 2006.  MMWR 2006; 55 (No. SS-5): Table 16.