1. 1 Suicidal Behavior in Job Corps Valerie Cherry, Ph.D. Principal Mental Health Consultant National Health and Wellness Conference June 8, 2005

2. 2 Suicide Threats, Attempts, and Suicides in Job Corps PY01-PY04 YTD Job Corps averaged 90 suicide threats, 81 suicide attempts, and 3 suicides per year over the past 4 program years (including PY04 YTD).

3. 3 Rate of Job Corps Suicide Attempts by Region* PY01-03 *Rates were calculated based on the number of separations in each region

4. 4 Rate of Job Corps Suicide Threats by Region* PY01-03 *Rates were calculated based on the number of separations in each region

5. 5 Location of Suicide-related Behavior (i.e., on or off center) PY01- PY04 YTD

6. 6 Age of Job Corps Student at Time of Suicide Attempt* PY01-03 *Job Corps population is 16 to 24 years of age, however, there is a small percentage of students older than 24 years.

7. 7 Length of Time in Job Corps at Time of Suicide Attempt PY01–03

8. 8 Job Corps Suicide Data PY01-PY04 YTD Of the 10 Job Corps students who committed suicide from PY01-PY04 YTD, 7 were male, the average age was 19, and the average time in the program was 6 months.

9. 9 Methods of Suicide Attempts (Job Corps) The majority of suicide attempts among Job Corps students included Drug/Medicine Overdose (60%), followed by Cut/Pierce (26%). PY 01-03

10. 10 Suicides for Ages 16-24 National versus Job Corps Suicides per 100,000 2000-2004 YTD Job Corps Suicide Data 1 1 PY00--1 (Total Pop. 69,361) PY01--1 (Total Pop. 66,979) PY02--4 (Total Pop.65,148) PY03--2 (Total Pop. 63,705) PY04 YTD*--3 (Total Pop. 45884) National Suicide Data (Ages 16-24) 2 2 2000--3,811 (Total Pop. 35,164,487) 2001--3803 (Total Pop. 35,986,078) 2002--3846 (Total Pop. 36,600,467) 2003--National Data for 2003 not available 2004--National Data for 2004 not available 1 1 Job Corps Suicide Data based on # of incidents reported through the Job Corps Significant Incident Reporting System 2 2 Job Corps Populations are based on # of student separations per Program Year. National populations are post-censal estimates based on the 2000 census. 3 Crude Rate per 100,000 = (# of Incidents/Total Population)*100,000 * PY04 YTD includes data from 7/12004 through 5/19/2005. Total Population does not reflect the population for the entire Program Year and only includes separations through 3/31/2005. Therefore, an accurate yearly crude rate cannot be provided.