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Subject: Stats on college kids (university students) health and mental health in the US
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Asked by: googlyeyes1234-ga
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Posted: 25 Aug 2004 23:20 PDT
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Question ID: 392764
I need some mental health stats on college kids:

1. How many college kids (in any given recent academic year) tried to
commit suicide in the US? How many succeded?

2. What percentage of college kids are addicted to drugs and alcohol?
How many get help?

3. What percentage of college kids have depression?

4. What are the primary causes of depression in college kids?

5. How many college kids get STDs in any given recent year (percentage
would do). How many get HIV/AIDS?

6. What percentage of college kids actually have protected sex?

7. What percentage of college kids get pregnant each year (or get
someone pregnant).

Thanks!!!!!
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Subject: Re: Stats on college kids (university students) health and mental health in the US
Answered By: kriswrite-ga on 26 Aug 2004 00:52 PDT
Rated:5 out of 5 stars
 
Hello googlyeyes1234~

Here are the statistics you requested. If anything in unclear, please
don?t hesitate to request a clarification before rating this answer.

Regards,
Kriswrite



1. How many college kids (in any given recent academic year) tried to
commit suicide in the US? How many succeeded?

Suicide was the second leading cause of death among college students
in 2002. (?Fact Sheets,? National Mental Health Association:
http://www.nmha.org/camh/college/fact_sheets.cfm ) Over 10,000 college
students attempt suicide each year, and about 10 percent succeed.
(?Suicide Continues on the Rise in our Society,? Mind Publications:
http://www.mindpub.com/art176.htm )


2. What percentage of college kids are addicted to drugs and alcohol?
How many get help?

Of people 18 to 25, over 55% admit to having used drugs, nearly 32%
within the past year. (?Drug Use Trends,? Office of National Drug
Control Policy: http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/publications/factsht/druguse/index.html
)

1.3% of people aged 18 to 25 received drug treatment, in a 2002 study.
(??2002 National Survey on Drug Use & Health,?
http://search.samhsa.gov/cgi-bin/MsmGo.exe?grab_id=11&EXTRA_ARG=&CFGNAME=MssFind%2Ecfg&host_id=42&page_id=5189888&query=college+treatment&hiword=college+treatment+
)


39 percent of college women and 50 percent of college men binge on
alcohol. (?Binge Drinking in Adolescents and College Students,? U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services:
http://www.health.org/govpubs/rpo995/ ; see also ?Alcohol Issues,?
Alcohol Policy Solutions:
http://www.alcoholpolicysolutions.net/bi_faqs_binge.htm ) Another
study shows that 6% of all college students are dependent upon
alcohol, while 31% are alcohol abusers. Only 6% seek treatment.
(?Alcohol Disorders Among College Students,? About.com:
http://alcoholism.about.com/cs/college/a/blcas020614.htm )

For a chart of age groups, with specified additions (alcohol, various
types of drugs) see ?2002 National Survey on Drug Use & Health,?
http://search.samhsa.gov/cgi-bin/MsmGo.exe?grab_id=11&EXTRA_ARG=&CFGNAME=MssFind%2Ecfg&host_id=42&page_id=5189888&query=college+treatment&hiword=college+treatment+
)


3. What percentage of college kids have depression?

About 10% of college students have been diagnoses with depression.
(?College Stress Can Lead to Depression,? Wisconsin United for Mental
Health: http://www.wimentalhealth.org/Topics/collegedepression.htm )


4. What are the primary causes of depression in college kids?

Among college students, the main causes of depression are thought to be:

Stress, in general.

Being away from home, often for the first time; being in a new environment.

New responsibilities.

Making decisions, on a higher level than they are used to.

Substance abuse.

Changes in social life.

(?What Do These Students Have in Common?? NIMI:
://www.google.com/search?q=cache:uknt_UNHq_EJ:www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/students.cfm+%22college+students%22+depression+causes&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
and ?College Stress Can Lead to Depression,? Wisconsin United for
Mental Health: http://www.wimentalhealth.org/Topics/collegedepression.htm
)




5. How many college kids get STDs in any given recent year (percentage
would do). How many get HIV/AIDS?

One in five college students know someone who got an STD while in
college. (?College Students: Ignoring the Risks of Unprotected Sex,?
Health Finder: ://www.google.com/search?q=cache:Ehnv4n_TZEUJ:www.healthfinder.gov/news/newsstory.asp%3FdocID%3D514693+%22college+students%22+STDs+percent&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
) Between 20 and 25 percent of college students are or have been
infected with an STD. (?College Students & STDs,? Go Ask Alice:
http://www.goaskalice.columbia.edu/1615.html ) One in every five
college students has HIV (?HIV Epidemic Not Slowing,?
http://www.csulb.edu/~d49er/Spring1996/vol3-14/14naids.html )


6. What percentage of college kids actually have protected sex?

56 percent of college students are sexually active and 73 percent of
that group reported having unprotected sex while in college, says the
survey by the Society for Adolescent Medicine.? (?(?College Students &
STDs,? Go Ask Alice: http://www.goaskalice.columbia.edu/1615.html )


7. What percentage of college kids get pregnant each year (or get
someone pregnant).

Over 31% of college students say they?ve been pregnant or gotten
someone pregnant. (?The Health of Our Students,? Association of
American College and Universities:
http://www.aacu-edu.org/peerreview/pr-sp00/pr-sp00feature1.cfm )


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googlyeyes1234-ga rated this answer:5 out of 5 stars and gave an additional tip of: $3.00
Thank you! Great job! This is very helpful.

Comments  
Subject: Re: Stats on college kids (university students) health and mental health in the US
From: kriswrite-ga on 26 Aug 2004 07:31 PDT
 
Glad I could help :)  Thank you for the great rating, and the tip.

Kriswrite
Subject: Re: Stats on college kids (university students) health and mental health in the US
From: liner-ga on 26 Aug 2004 13:10 PDT
 
Regarding question 5.  I thought that 20% was rather high.  Here is
the first sentence from the citation: "One in every 500 American
college student is infected with HIV."
Subject: Re: Stats on college kids (university students) health and mental health in the US
From: kriswrite-ga on 26 Aug 2004 14:05 PDT
 
Thank you for correcting my typo!

Kriswrite
Subject: Re: Stats on college kids (university students) health and mental health in the US
From: googlyeyes1234-ga on 26 Aug 2004 14:26 PDT
 
Oh, yes, I figured it was a typo and I went to the site. If one in
five college kids had AIDS -- jeez, I don't even want to think about
it!

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