Table 1
Description of depression and suicidal ideation, household population aged 15 to 24, Canada excluding territories, 2012 Table 1
Description of depression and suicidal ideation, household population aged 15 to 24, Canada excluding territories, 2012

Table 1
Description of depression and suicidal ideation, household population aged 15 to 24, Canada excluding territories, 2012
Table summary
This table displays the results of Description of depression and suicidal ideation. The information is grouped by Characteristic (appearing as row headers), % and 95% confidence interval, calculated using from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Characteristic	%	95% confidence interval
		95% confidence interval
		from	to
Depression
Lifetime	10.7	9.3	12.1
Past 12 months	7.1	6.0	8.4
Suicidal thoughts
Lifetime	14.1	12.6	15.7
Past 12 months	5.8	4.9	6.9
Suicide plan
Lifetime	4.9	4.1	5.8
Past 12 months	2.2	1.6	2.9
Suicide attempt
Lifetime	3.5	2.8	4.4
Past 12 months	1.0^{Note E: Use with caution}	0.6	1.7
Ever (lifetime) consulted professional about symptoms of depression^{Table 1 Note †}
No	39.4	33.1	46.1
Yes	60.6	53.9	66.9
Duration of worst episode of symptoms of depression^{Table 1 Note ‡}
Less than 1 month	15.1^{Note E: Use with caution}	10.5	21.0
1 month to less than 6 months	52.3	44.5	60.0
6 months to less than 1 year	14.3^{Note E: Use with caution}	9.8	20.4
1 year or more	18.4	13.6	24.4
Recency of depression^{Table 1 Note ‡}
Past month	21.4^{Note E: Use with caution}	15.0	29.6
1 to 6 months ago	40.9	32.9	49.5
More than 6 months ago	37.7	29.9	46.1
^E use with caution Note † among those with lifetime depression Return to note † referrer Note ‡ among those with depression in past 12 months Return to note ‡ referrer Source: 2012 Canadian Community Health Survey–Mental Health.

Table 1a
Effect of depression, household population aged 15 to 24 with depression in past 12 months, Canada excluding territories, 2012
Table summary
This table displays the results of Effect of depression. The information is grouped by Effect (appearing as row headers), Mean, Standard error, Minimum and Maximum (appearing as column headers).
Effect	Mean	Standard error	Minimum	Maximum
Symptoms of depression interfered with:
. . . social life	6.3	0.2	0	10
. . . close relationships	5.2	0.2	0	10
. . . ability to attend school	5.1	0.4	0	10
. . . activities at home	4.6	0.2	0	10
. . . ability to attend work	4.1	0.3	0	10
Number of days in past year unable to work/carry out regular activities because of symptoms of depression	24.8^{Note E: Use with caution}	4.8	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
... not applicable ^E use with caution Source: 2012 Canadian Community Health Survey–Mental Health.

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