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CSAPHN National Suicide Prevention Trial evaluation: Final report
This report aims to evaluate a range of community-based suicide prevention events in the form of guest speakers, training, and travelling road shows that were initiated in the trial region between January 2017 and November 2020. Thereby, providing insight into the value of these community events as experienced by attendees to identify those events that […]
Mental health surveillance among children: United States, 2013-2019
Mental health encompasses a range of mental, emotional, social, and behavioral functioning and occurs along a continuum from good to poor. Previous research has documented that mental health among children and adolescents is associated with immediate and long-term physical health and chronic disease, health risk behaviors, social relationships, education, and employment. Public health surveillance of […]
The state of state, territorial, and tribal suicide prevention: Findings from reviews of suicide prevention plans
Suicide has no single cause. Reducing suicide requires a comprehensive approach that starts with data to understand the extent of the problem, who is impacted, and what increases or decreases risk. Additionally, this comprehensive approach includes implementing and evaluating multiple prevention strategies with the best available evidence.
Mental health and substance use during COVID-19: Summary report 3 spotlight on income, employment, access
Key findings include: Substance use and mental health concerns are greatest among people with low income or who are unemployed:Problematic cannabis use was reported by 50% of respondents with low income or who are unemployed who use cannabis, while problematic alcohol use was reported by more than 30% of those who drink alcohol. Similarly, 45% […]
Mental health and substance use during COVID-19: Summary report
Key findings: Up to one in two individuals with an existing substance use disorder reported having moderately severe to severe symptoms of depression since March 2020. Up to one in two respondents with current mental health symptoms who use cannabis reported increased use, compared to two in five in the general population. One in three […]
Mental health and substance use during COVID-19: Summary report 4 spotlight on youth, older adults & stigma
Significant mental health and substance use concerns continued into early summer 2021 with little change since October 2020. • Youth (aged 16 to 24 years) were most likely to report mental health and substance use concerns and less ability to handle pandemic stress. • Almost 45% of youth reported moderate to severe anxiety symptoms. • […]
Mental health and substance use during COVID-19: Summary report 2 Spotlight on gender and household size
Key findings: More females report moderate-to-severe anxiety symptoms than males (29% vs 20%), with even higher rates for females and males in households with kids under 13 (37% vs 24%) Females in households with kids under 13 report higher rates of increased substance use than males (37% vs 26% for alcohol, 48% vs 37% for […]
Drug overdose deaths in the United States, 1999–2020
Deaths from drug overdose continue to contribute to overall mortality and the lowering of life expectancy in the United States (1–4). This report uses the most recent data from the National Vital Statistics System (NVSS) to update statistics on deaths from drug overdose in the United States, showing rates by demographic group and by specific […]
Mental Health and COVID-19: Early evidence of the pandemic’s impact
This scientific brief is based on evidence from research commissioned by WHO, including an umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses and an update to a living systematic review. Informed by these reviews, the scientific brief provides a comprehensive overview of current evidence about: the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the prevalence of mental […]
The state of state, territorial, and tribal suicide prevention: Findings from a web-based survey
Despite many important accomplishments, suicide rates have increased 33% since 1999. CDC conducted an environmental scan to gain a better understanding of the current infrastructure and suicide prevention landscape among states, territories, and tribes/tribal organizations (STT), to identify resource levels, and to inform comprehensive prevention in the future. The scan objectives and methods are outlined […]
Symptoms of depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, and suicidal ideation among state, tribal, local, and territorial public health workers during the COVID-19 pandemic — United States, March–April 2021
Increases in mental health conditions have been documented among the general population and health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic; however, data on public health workers are limited. Among 26,174 surveyed state, tribal, local, and territorial public health workers, 52.8% reported symptoms of at least one mental health condition in the past 2 weeks. Symptoms were […]
State-Level Economic Costs of Fatal Injuries — United States, 2019
Unintentional and violence-related injury fatalities, including suicide, homicide, overdoses, motor vehicle crashes, and falls, were among the 10 leading causes of death for all age groups in the United States in 2019. There were 246,041 injury deaths in 2019 (unintentional injury was the most frequent cause of death after heart disease and cancer) with an […]
Mental health-related disability rises among employed Canadians during pandemic, 2021
New combined data from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) and the Canadian Income Survey shed new light on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the prevalence of disability in the workplace. Among those who were employed during the first four months of 2021, more than one in five (21.5%) had a physical, mental health, […]
Le suicide au Québec : 1981 à 2019: Mise à jour 2022
According to data for 2019, 1,128 people took their own lives in Quebec. That’s a crude suicide rate of 13.3 per 100,000 people. The suicide rate appears to be plateauing after declining for several years. In Quebec, suicide represents 1.7% of all deaths for the years 2017-2019. It is the 7th leading cause of death […]
Changes in suicide rates: United States, 2019 and 2020
What is already known about this topic? After peaking in 2018, suicide rates declined in 2019 and 2020; however, nearly 46,000 lives were lost in 2020. What is added by this report? From 2019 to 2020, the suicide rate declined overall by 3%, including 8% among females and 2% among males. Rates declined in large […]
Economic cost of injury — United States, 2019
Unintentional and violence-related injuries, including suicide, homicide, overdoses, motor vehicle crashes, and falls, were among the top 10 causes of death for all age groups in the United States and caused nearly 27 million nonfatal emergency department (ED) visits in 2019
Cost of injuries in Alberta, 2017
Injuries are the leading cause of death for Albertans one to 44 years of age and claim the lives of more children than all other causes. The costs of injuries to children, seniors, families, our health care system and to society is staggering. The Injury Prevention Centre is pleased to publish Economic Cost of Injuries […]
Child and youth well-being review: Final report
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the lives of every Albertan. It is the greatest public health crisis we have faced in more than a generation. This report outlines how the experience of the pandemic and the efforts to stay safe from the virus have affected children and youth in Alberta. A panel of experts was […]
2021 National Veteran suicide prevention: Annual report
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ 2021 National Veteran Suicide Prevention Annual Report shows the overall Veteran suicide count and rate decreased in 2019 from 2018 and from 2017. The data within the report is notable because: • It provides information from 2001 through 2019, while recent prior reports included data from 2005 forward. • […]
African American youth suicide: Report to Congress
Congress requested the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to submit a report examining reasons for why Black children aged 5 to 12 are dying by suicide at nearly twice the rate of their White counterparts. To supplement the limited research that investigated reasons for higher suicide rates in Black children compared to White […]
Colorado Violence and Injury Prevention-Mental Health Promotion strategic plan 2016-2020: Creating connected & thriving communities free from violence and injury
The goal of Colorado’s plan is to prevent violence and injury across the state using innovative approaches that are based on the best available evidence. Partners in Colorado work to increase protective factors and reduce risk factors that most impact violence and injury related outcomes at all levels of the social ecology. The socioecological model […]
Portrait of youth in Canada: Data report. Chapter 4: Indigenous youth in Canada
Indigenous people represent one of the youngest populations in Canada. On average, Indigenous people were 8.4 years younger than the non-Indigenous population in 2016. Youth aged 15 to 24 years make up one sixth of the entire Indigenous population (16.9%). This chapter examines the demographic, familial, educational, economic, health and cultural characteristics of Indigenous youth […]
Finding the way back: An aggregate investigation of 45 boys who died by suicide or homicide in Manitoba
The purposes of this special report are threefold: to advance understanding of boys who were involved in the child welfare system and who died by suicide or homicide in the last 10 years; to enable and empower First Nations boys to share their experiences walking through life; and to develop recommendations that increase the effectiveness […]
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