Behavioral Health
The US Healthy People 2020 high school adolescent suicide attempts target was 1.0% or less. WCSD high school students reporting having attempted suicide during the 12 months before the YRBS (Youth Risk Behavior Survey) increased in 2019 and again in 2021. While WCSD middle school students reporting actually trying to kill themselves continued to decrease. The Healthy People 2030 target is 1.8 suicide attempts per 100 population of students in grades 9 through 12, in the past 12 months.
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Legend Colors
Red is bad, green is good, blue is not statistically different/neutral.
Compared to Distribution
the value is in the best half of communities.
the value is in the 2nd worst quarter of communities.
the value is in the worst quarter of communities.
Compared to Target
meets target; does not meet target.
Compared to a Single Value
lower than the comparison value; higher than the comparison value; not statistically different from comparison value.
Trend
non-significant change over time; significant change over time; no change over time.
Compared to Prior Value
higher than the previous measurement period; lower than the previous measurement period; no statistically different change from previous measurement period.