2026 OCAP State of the Child Report

GOOD HEALTH

Percent of Riverside County Students Who Reported Chronic Sadness/Hopelessness 2017 to 2023

Percent of Riverside County Students Who Reported Life Satisfaction 2021-2023 7th Grade 9th Grade 11th Grade

Percent of Riverside County Students Who Reported Social Emotional Distress 2021-2023

7th Grade 9th Grade 11th Grade

7th Grade 9th Grade 11th Grade

50%

100%

100%

46.0

20 0 25 30 35 40 45

80

80

42.0

39.0

67.0

38.0

62.0 60.0

60

60

34.0

34.0

34.0

34.0

33.0

30.0

40

40

32.0

28.0

25.0 28.0

25.0

20

20

0

0

2021 - 2023

2021 - 2023

2017

2018 & 2019 2020 & 2021

2022 & 2023

Rates of Suicide Deaths per 100,000 Population Ages 10 to 25 Years Riverside County and California 2020 to 2024

Percent of Riverside County Students Who Reported Consideration of Suicide 2017 to 2023

Riverside County

California

7th Grade 9th Grade 11th Grade

10

8.6

18.0

4 5 6 7 8 9 0

18%

17.0

17.0

17.0 17.0

12 0 13 14 15 16 17

7.0

8.5

6.5

6.5

16.0

5.0

Not Available

6.5

6.2

14.0 14.0 14.0

4.8

13.0

2021

2022

2023

2024

2020

Youth Suicide Death Rate by Age, Sex and Race/Ethnicity, Riverside County, 2020 to 2024

2017

2018 & 2019 2020 & 2021

2022 & 2023

Percent of Riverside County Students Who Reported Drug and/or Alcohol Use in Past 30 Days 2017 to 2023

20

80

Age 18-25 Age 10-17 Races Overall Hispanic White Asian Black/African American

33

67

7th Grade 9th Grade 11th Grade

33.5

30.6

30%

26.0

29.4

10 15 20 25

21.0

52.4

17.0

14.0

14.0

53.4

13.0

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100%

9.0

8.0

7.0

6.0

5.0

5.0

0 5

Age-Adjusted Rates per 1,000 Population of Riverside County Behavioral Health Related Hospitalizations by Age Group and Sex 2019-2022

2017

2018 & 2019 2020 & 2021

2022 & 2023

Children

Teens

10 15

12.2

7.2

4.1

0 5

1.4

Female

Male

Female

Male

- The California School Climate, Health, and Learning Survey (CalSCHLS) System—Public dashboards The California School Climate, Health, and Learning Survey (CalSCHLS) System—Public dashboards Riverside University Health System-Public Health, Epidemiology Program Evaluation. Health Matters Brief. (2025). Youth Suicide Mortality in Riverside County (2020-2024)

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