Suicide attempt rate change among young U.S. adults during COVID 2020-2021, by gender
During the early period of the COVID-19 pandemic from March 29 to April 25, 2020, young women aged 18-25 years were around 21 percent less likely to visit the emergency department (ED) for suspected suicide attempts compared to the same time interval in 2019.
This statistic portrays the percentage change in mean number of ED visits per week for suspected suicide attempts among young U.S. adults for three time periods during the COVID-19 pandemic from 2020 to 2021, by gender.