Felt Sad Or Hopeless
(almost every day for 2 or more weeks in a row so that they stopped doing some usual activities, during the 12 months before the survey)
High School Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 2021
| 42.3 (41.0–43.7)
16,961 | 56.6 (54.6–58.5)
8,044 | 28.6 (27.1–30.0)
8,670 |
| 36.9 (29.7–44.8)
405 | 46.0 (38.3–53.9)
202 | 27.4 (17.3–40.5)
201 |
| — | — | — |
| — | — | — |
| 42.9 (39.3–46.5)
1,502 | 53.9 (49.1–58.6)
701 | 30.9 (27.1–34.9)
789 |
| — | — | — |
| 41.7 (36.6–47.0)
1,007 | 49.4 (42.0–56.9)
535 | 34.2 (27.7–41.3)
458 |
| 35.6 (31.8–39.7)
1,735 | 47.6 (41.1–54.2)
834 | 24.2 (20.8–28.0)
896 |
| 36.9 (34.2–39.7)
1,520 | 50.2 (47.3–53.2)
791 | 23.3 (19.8–27.2)
705 |
| 39.3 (36.9–41.8)
4,612 | 51.6 (47.8–55.3)
2,165 | 27.3 (25.3–29.5)
2,421 |
| 43.5 (33.0–54.7)
595 | 56.7 (49.8–63.4)
313 | 29.8 (23.8–36.6)
278 |
| 34.8 (32.4–37.3)
5,538 | 46.9 (44.3–49.5)
2,646 | 23.4 (20.4–26.7)
2,856 |
| 44.8 (41.7–47.8)
983 | 54.8 (51.5–58.0)
509 | 33.0 (28.5–37.9)
459 |
| 42.1 (39.6–44.6)
2,920 | 56.2 (53.1–59.3)
1,469 | 27.7 (25.0–30.6)
1,425 |
| 46.9 (42.7–51.1)
1,006 | 60.4 (54.8–65.8)
493 | 34.1 (30.2–38.2)
503 |
| 39.1 (35.0–43.2)
1,379 | 49.5 (45.1–54.0)
709 | 27.5 (22.2–33.4)
662 |
| 37.7 (34.9–40.7)
1,489 | 47.7 (43.1–52.4)
734 | 26.9 (23.4–30.8)
739 |
| 39.2 (36.1–42.4)
2,136 | 51.6 (47.5–55.7)
1,083 | 26.9 (23.2–30.8)
1,042 |
| 47.5 (41.1–54.0)
622 | 59.6 (52.4–66.5)
295 | 35.7 (25.8–46.9)
324 |
| 37.9 (36.3–39.5)
6,406 | 50.0 (48.0–52.0)
3,222 | 26.1 (24.3–28.1)
3,090 |
| 39.2 (38.3–40.2)
34,711 | 50.8 (49.4–52.1)
17,375 | 27.3 (26.2–28.5)
16,925 |
| 38.5 (35.6–41.4)
3,121 | 50.1 (47.0–53.2)
1,542 | 26.6 (23.1–30.4)
1,547 |
| 40.3 (37.8–42.9)
3,701 | 52.3 (48.2–56.4)
1,921 | 28.3 (25.5–31.2)
1,744 |
| 41.8 (38.8–44.8)
1,665 | 52.4 (48.4–56.3)
836 | 30.5 (27.0–34.3)
815 |
| 32.5 (28.8–36.5)
881 | 41.5 (37.5–45.6)
483 | 23.0 (18.5–28.1)
391 |
| 41.4 (39.1–43.8)
4,448 | 52.6 (49.5–55.7)
2,078 | 30.2 (27.8–32.6)
2,342 |
| 36.4 (30.9–42.3)
671 | 48.8 (39.8–57.9)
345 | 24.7 (20.2–29.9)
323 |
| 45.6 (41.9–49.3)
1,675 | 58.1 (54.0–62.0)
761 | 33.2 (29.2–37.4)
888 |
| 44.2 (43.1–45.2)
13,616 | 57.5 (56.1–59.0)
6,661 | 30.7 (29.4–32.0)
6,674 |
| 41.5 (36.4–46.8)
692 | 53.0 (44.8–61.0)
374 | 28.1 (24.5–32.0)
312 |
| 42.5 (40.7–44.3)
4,515 | 54.7 (51.8–57.5)
2,184 | 30.7 (28.6–33.0)
2,292 |
| 33.3 (31.7–34.9)
4,509 | 43.8 (39.5–48.2)
2,217 | 22.4 (19.9–25.1)
2,228 |
| 43.4 (39.8–47.1)
1,693 | 55.5 (49.1–61.7)
828 | 31.3 (27.5–35.5)
854 |
| 36.0 (32.9–39.3)
2,001 | 47.9 (43.6–52.2)
984 | 24.6 (20.3–29.5)
1,011 |
| 42.6 (38.7–46.7)
721 | 56.2 (46.6–65.3)
373 | 30.0 (24.8–35.8)
345 |
| 43.5 (40.3–46.8)
1,643 | 57.7 (53.4–61.9)
786 | 29.8 (25.4–34.7)
840 |
| 43.7 (40.1–47.5)
1,624 | 59.0 (53.5–64.4)
809 | 28.6 (24.6–33.0)
796 |
| 37.8 (34.2–41.5)
2,130 | 51.7 (46.6–56.7)
1,000 | 25.1 (21.6–29.1)
1,114 |
| 41.1 (36.7–45.6)
1,591 | 51.2 (44.5–58.0)
849 | 30.9 (26.6–35.7)
735 |
| 38.7 (31.3–46.6)
942 | 50.5 (44.6–56.4)
485 | 27.4 (19.6–36.8)
452 |
| 42.2 (39.4–45.1)
1,949 | 53.6 (49.6–57.6)
958 | 30.7 (27.3–34.4)
965 |
| 44.6 (39.3–50.0)
1,664 | 57.2 (50.8–63.5)
814 | 32.1 (27.9–36.5)
839 |
| 41.5 (38.6–44.6)
1,487 | 52.7 (48.4–57.0)
778 | 30.6 (26.2–35.4)
698 |
| 29.6 (28.9–30.3)
17,224 | 40.5 (39.5–41.6)
8,440 | 18.7 (17.9–19.6)
8,592 |
| 38.2 (35.2–41.2)
3,052 | 49.9 (46.1–53.7)
1,512 | 26.3 (23.0–29.8)
1,524 |
| 47.5 (41.1–54.0)
471 | 63.6 (53.3–72.8)
265 | 32.0 (26.0–38.6)
199 |
| 33.7 (30.9–36.6)
1,827 | 46.1 (41.9–50.4)
862 | 21.7 (19.4–24.1)
952 |
| — | — | — |
| 43.4 (40.7–46.0)
2,427 | 56.4 (52.5–60.3)
1,215 | 30.3 (27.3–33.5)
1,183 |
| — | — | — |
| — | — | — |
| — | — | — |
| — | — | — |
| — | — | — |
| — | — | — |
| 43.9 (41.1–46.8)
1,275 | 56.2 (51.6–60.7)
672 | 30.2 (26.8–33.8)
594 |
| 41.8 (37.2–46.5)
792 | 53.8 (48.9–58.6)
438 | 29.1 (23.4–35.6)
346 |
| — | — | — |
| 43.0 (38.8–47.3)
1,080 | 58.0 (53.3–62.5)
519 | 28.9 (24.1–34.2)
551 |
| — | — | — |
| 45.2 (42.3–48.2)
1,204 | 56.7 (51.7–61.6)
604 | 34.5 (30.8–38.5)
596 |
| — | — | — |
| — | — | — |
| — | — | — |
| — | — | — |
| 36.3 (35.4–37.2)
11,086 | 47.7 (46.4–49.0)
5,824 | 23.2 (22.0–24.4)
5,190 |
| 45.1 (42.8–47.5)
3,186 | 55.8 (52.8–58.8)
1,610 | 33.4 (30.1–36.7)
1,525 |
| 41.4 (37.0–45.9)
1,123 | 55.4 (50.8–60.0)
608 | 26.9 (22.1–32.3)
505 |
| 40.7 (38.1–43.3)
1,755 | 51.9 (48.6–55.2)
924 | 29.4 (25.8–33.2)
809 |
| 40.5 (37.6–43.5)
1,414 | 49.2 (45.1–53.3)
683 | 31.1 (27.8–34.6)
704 |
| 48.5 (45.3–51.7)
916 | 60.2 (55.2–65.0)
451 | 35.8 (31.3–40.5)
455 |
| 48.9 (46.0–51.9)
1,198 | 61.4 (57.3–65.4)
571 | 35.9 (31.4–40.6)
621 |
| 40.2 (37.6–42.9)
2,271 | 50.7 (47.2–54.2)
1,154 | 29.7 (26.1–33.6)
1,097 |
| 40.9 (38.5–43.3)
2,074 | 53.4 (50.5–56.2)
1,053 | 29.2 (26.4–32.1)
1,003 |
| — | — | — |
| — | — | — |
| — | — | — |
| 41.0 (37.7–44.4)
1,426 | 51.6 (47.2–56.0)
726 | 30.5 (26.6–34.7)
690 |
| — | — | — |
| 38.2 (35.1–41.5)
3,844 | 48.4 (44.7–52.1)
1,912 | 28.2 (24.8–32.0)
1,879 |
| 38.9 (35.2–42.7)
1,131 | 55.6 (50.1–61.0)
565 | 23.0 (19.1–27.3)
563 |
| 44.4 (40.7–48.1)
1,287 | 55.4 (50.2–60.5)
648 | 33.1 (29.0–37.4)
634 |
| 41.7 (38.3–45.1)
1,386 | 52.4 (48.2–56.5)
712 | 30.7 (26.9–34.7)
656 |
| 41.5 (39.1–44.0)
2,097 | 55.2 (51.5–58.8)
1,058 | 27.7 (24.8–30.9)
1,015 |
| 45.2 (42.4–48.1)
1,342 | 59.2 (55.1–63.2)
649 | 32.2 (28.5–36.1)
684 |
| 44.6 (41.3–48.0)
1,322 | 60.3 (56.2–64.2)
667 | 28.2 (24.0–32.8)
626 |
| 38.3 (35.3–41.4)
1,403 | 48.6 (44.1–53.2)
689 | 27.0 (23.7–30.6)
675 |
| — | — | — |
| 42.5 (39.9–45.3)
1,526 | 56.0 (52.1–59.9)
738 | 29.3 (25.7–33.2)
773 |
| 35.5 (32.8–38.2)
2,229 | 45.6 (42.3–48.9)
1,017 | 26.2 (22.9–29.9)
1,191 |
| 38.0 (35.3–40.9)
1,504 | 48.3 (44.2–52.4)
718 | 28.3 (24.3–32.8)
746 |
| 43.3 (40.1–46.5)
1,320 | 54.9 (49.9–59.8)
640 | 30.6 (26.8–34.6)
656 |
| 38.8 (36.0–41.8)
1,372 | 53.0 (48.8–57.1)
734 | 25.8 (22.6–29.3)
634 |
| — | — | — |
| — | — | — |
| — | — | — |
| 54.6 (52.7–56.5)
2,179 | 66.3 (63.8–68.8)
1,073 | 43.0 (40.4–45.7)
1,089 |
| 44.4 (42.1–46.6)
420 | 53.0 (49.8–56.1)
219 | 35.0 (31.9–38.2)
201 |
| 36.0 (32.2–39.9)
1,262 | 44.9 (40.7–49.1)
664 | 25.8 (19.9–32.7)
588 |