| Table 9. High school students who actually attempted suicide**† and whose suicide attempt resulted in an injury, poisoning, or overdose that had to be treated by a doctor or nurse,** by gender, race/ethnicity, and grade in percent | |||||||||||||
| Attempted Suicide**† | Suicide Attempt Treated | ||||||||||||
| by a Doctor or Nurse** | |||||||||||||
| Female | Male | Total | Female | Male | Total | ||||||||
| Galveston* | |||||||||||||
| Race/ethnicity | |||||||||||||
| White | 5.9 | 8.6 | 7.2 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.2 | |||||||
| Black | 9.3 | 5.9 | 8.1 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.4 | |||||||
| Hispanic | 10.2 | 6.3 | 8.2 | 3.8 | 2.8 | 3.4 | |||||||
| All other | 18.8 | 11.0 | 15.0 | 5.9 | 5.4 | 5.2 | |||||||
| Grade | |||||||||||||
| 9 | 11.8 | 6.4 | 9.2 | 4.7 | 2.8 | 3.6 | |||||||
| 10 | 9.0 | 8.1 | 8.8 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 3.2 | |||||||
| 11 | 9.3 | 4.5 | 7.0 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 3.3 | |||||||
| 12 | 7.9 | 11.4 | 9.5 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 4.1 | |||||||
| 2007 Total* | 9.6 | 7.4 | 8.6 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 3.5 | |||||||
| Texas* | 12.5 | 6.1 | 9.4 | 3.2 | 1.6 | 2.5 | |||||||
| United States* | 10.8 | 6.0 | 8.4 | 2.9 | 1.8 | 2.3 | |||||||
| *Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance survey. Galveston 2007, Texas 2005, and United States 2005. | |||||||||||||
| ** During the 12 months preceding the survey | |||||||||||||
| † One or more times. | |||||||||||||
| White = non-Hispanic white, Hispanic = any race, Black = non-Hispanic black, | |||||||||||||
| All other = any other non-Hispanic | |||||||||||||