Mental health status of U.S. suicide cases in 2015, by substance use
This statistic depicts the percentage of U.S. suicides with known or unknown mental health conditions as of 2015, by substances found during toxicology testing. According to the data, 26.6 percent of suicide victims that year who were tested for opioid use tested positive. Furthermore, 29.1 percent of suicides among those who had a known mental health condition and were tested for opioid use tested positive.