Oregon Texters in Crisis https://crisistrends.org/
Direct link to this page at: https://bit.ly/3on6MjG
As of June 1, 2022

The charts below and at https://bit.ly/3on6MjG are a compilation of 15 issues that the Crisis Text Line (CTL) 741741 track, by state, for the general public.

The data on these charts are for Oregon and gathered from Crisistrends.org, the data arm of CTL. The same raw data are available for each state.

Demographic data for Oregon Texters - 2020
Crisis Text Line Actions by State - 2020
Crisis Text Line Data Philosophy

States are ranked by crisis related to each of the 15 crisis, across time, by day of week, by time of day, and by 2-hour periods during the day.

The first chart shows how Oregonians rank nationally on the their usage of CTL by issue and the time of day texters are in crisis around each issue. i.e., Suicide, Oregon ranks 5th in the nation, and 45% of Oregon texters whose main issue is suicide text between 10pm-4am. Note: 72% of texters to CTL are youth. They can't sleep.

The second chart shows co-occurring issues texters discuss in the same conversation for each of the individual 15 crisis. Red is the largest, green 2nd largest, blue third largest and yellow 4th largest co-occurring issue. i.e. for suicide the main co-occurring topic was depression/sadness at 42.5%, second was about relationships at 32.4% third was anxiety/stress at 25.5%, fourth was isolation/loneliness at 20.6% and fifth was self-harm at 15.8%. The remaining 9 issues drew sporadic impact to cause texters to contact the CTL. This can inform dispatch, crisis counselors, ER personnel, therapists, other health care workers, government, etc.

The third chart shows the trend by month for 2022. January: Depression was 1st, Relationship from number 1 in December, 2021 and took over the 2nd spot in January. Anxiety continued in 3rd and Suicide 4th. February: Depression remains in 1st, Anxiety took over 2nd from Relationship, which became 3rd and Suicide remainded in 4th. March: Relationships moves back to 1st, Depession 2nd, Anxiety 3rd and Suicide remains 4th. April - 1st moved from Relationship to Anxiety, 2nd Relationships, 3rd Depressoin, and 4th Suicide. May !st was Depressoins, 2nd Anxiety and Relationships tied with 4th as Suicide.

The fourth chart shows the trend by month for 2021.

The fifth chart shows the trend by month for 2020.

The sixth chart shows the trend by month for 2019

Oregon Texters in Crisis (% by 2-hour period)

As of 020122

Issue
Rank
12m
2a
4a
6a
8a
10a
12mm
2p
4p
6p
8p
10p

Abuse-Emotional
12
17
11
5.6
3.0
2.8
4.7
6.6
7.4
7.7
9.4
11
14

Abuse-Physical
39
17
9.2
6.3
3.7
2.9
3.5
5.9
8.0
7.0
9.6
10
17

Abuse-Sexual
25
16
12
6.4
5.6
3.4
3.2
5.2
6.6
8.1
6.6
12
15

Abuse-Substance
10
15
11
9.2
5.1
3.5
4.7
5.1
7.2
7.2
8.8
9.4
14

Anxiety/Stress
21
16
11
6.7
4.2
2.9
4.0
6
7.4
7.9
9.1
11
14

Bullying
47
17
9.8
4.5
2.4
3.1
4.5
5.0
7.1
7.0
10
12
17

Depression/Sadness
43
16
11
6.3
3.7
2.4
3.9
6
7.3
7.7
9
11
15

Eating/Body Image

Gender/Sexual Identity
14
17
14
7.5
4
2.6
4.7
4.2
6.2
7.8
7.5
9.9
16

Grief
30
15
12
7.2
4.6
2.5
3.5
6.3
7.7
7.9
8
9.5
16

Isolation/Loneliness
34
17
11
6.3
3.8
2.6
3.9
5.1
6.7
7.2
8.9
12
16

Relationships
49
17
11
6.1
3.6
2.4
2.9
6
7
7.5
9.2
11
15

Self-Harm
10
20
14
6.7
4.0
1.8
2.6
4.2
5.3
6.3
7.4
12
17

Suicide
5
17
12
6.7
4.0
2.4
3.2
5.3
6.3
7.1
8.6
11
16

Third Party
15
15
9.6
4.6
2.9
2.7
4.0
7.9
8
9.6
9.3
11
15

Oregon Texters Experiencing co-issues during visit (% of issue3

As of 020122

Issue
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15

1 Abuse-Emotional

100
22.9
9.6
4.5
36.7
6.5
38.8
2.9
2.7
4.2
27.3
64.8
11.1
31.0
0.7

2 Abuse-Physical
18.2
100
41.4
4.6
31.3
5.0
31.6
1.9
3.1
4.6
22.3
53.2
12.4
31.2
1.2

3 Abuse-Sexual
13.0
11.4
100
4.4
33.2
2.6
33.2
2.3
3.3
4.4
20.5
37.5
15.2
36.1
0.3

4 Abuse-Substance
4.0
3.1
5.6
100
29.9
1.2
38.3
3.2
1.9
7.1
23.1
36.5
16.7
37.3
1.0

5 Anxiety/Stress
2.4
1.8
3.7
2.5
100
2.0
37.5
3.2
1.8
3.4
19.4
36.8
11.5
23.7
0.3

6 Bullying
3.2
4.2
10.7
1.7
32.1
100
36.1
6.4
5.7
3.2
23.4
40.8
16.0
36.9
0.1

7 Depression/Sadness
2.3
1.7
3.7
2.9
34.7
2.1
100
3.3
1.8
5.1
26.5
36.8
13.2
36.6
0.2

8 Eating/Body Image

100

9 Gender/Sexual Identity
4.1
2.9
4.6
2.6
30.2
5.9
31.3
6.0
100
2.7
23.2
44.5
19.6
32.0
0.2

10 Grief
2.6
2.1

3.4
4.8
27.7
1.6
45.0
2.1
1.3
100
27.2
37.7
9.6

23.6
0.2

11 Isolation/Loneliness
2.8
2.3
5.0
3.5
35.8
2.7
52.8
3.2
2.9
6.2
100
48.3
12.7
35.4
0.1

12 Relationships
2.7
2.9
6.3
2.8
34.1
2.4
36.9
2.6
2.9
4.3
26.3
100
11.4
28.0
0.8

13 Self-Harm
2.9
1.8
2.9
3.0
28.1
2.5
26.9
4.8
3.0
2.9
16.8
30.1
100
36.1
0.4

14 Suicide
3.0
1.9
3.4
3.3
25.5
2.5
42.5
2.8
2.1
4.4
20.6
32.4
15.8
100
0.7

15 3rd Party
0.2
0.6
0.6
0.7
2.8
0.0
1.5
0.2
0.1
0.2
0.3
6.8
1.3
5.1
100

Source: crisistrends.org/ Learn more about the Crisis Text Line 741741

Oregon Texters Experience Across Time - Percent - 2022

As of 060122

Issue
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Abuse-Emotional
2.3
2.4
2.7
2.4
2.4

Abuse-Physical
1.3
1.0
0.93
1.1
0.89

Abuse-Sexual
2.7
1.7
1.5
2.1
1.5

Abuse-Substance
2.3
2.7
1.4
2.1
2.6

Anxiety/Stress
25
25
25
27
24

Bullying
1.9
1.6
1.8
2.7
1.8

Depression/Sadness
29
28
26
23
26

Eating/Body Image

Gender/Sexual Identity
2.5
1.3
1.3
0.89
0.5

Grief
3.5
3.4
3.6
3.3
3.8

Isolation/Loneliness
17
17
17
16
15

Relationships
27
23
27
25
24

Self-Harm
12
12
12
10
14

Suicide
21
22
22
22
19

Third Party
2.7
1.7
2.0
2.4
3.3

Legend: Red = Biggest co-occurring issue, Green 2nd, Blue 3rd. Yellow 4th

Oregon Texters Experience Across Time - Percent - 2021

As of 010122

Issue
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Abuse-Emotional
2.1
2.4
2.9
2.0
3.0
2.8
2.0
3.0
2.1
3.2
2.0
2.0

Abuse-Physical
0.86
0.54
0.92
0.56
1.6
1.3
0.84
0.89
0.82
0.78
0.74
0/56

Abuse-Sexual
2.6
1.4
2.3
1.6
1.6
2.5
2.2
1.6
2.6
2.1
2.6
1.9

Abuse-Substance
2.6
1.7
2.3
2.2
2.5
3.4
2.2
2.3
3.4
2.8
1.7
3.1

Anxiety/Stress
31
32
28
30
32
30
26
31
30
30
28
26

Bullying
1.5
0.76
1.3
1.2
1.0
1.9
1.1
1.1
1.2
1.2
0.93
1.7

Depression/Sadness
30
31
30
27
29
28
28
28
29
29
28
28

Eating/Body Image

Gender/Sexual Identity
1.8
0.87
0.71
1.1
1.6
1.4
2.1
2.1
1.1
1.8
0.84
0.65

Grief
3.6
3.4
4.2
3.7
3.3
4.6
4.0
4.6
3.3
4.0
3.8
4.2

Isolation/Loneliness
16
15
17
15
17
18
18
17
17
19
17
17

Relationships
26
24
24
21
27
27
30
30
24
26
24
28

Self-Harm
9.6
9.6
10
12
13
10
11
12
11
13
11
9.9

Suicide
23
23
23
26
23
24
23
21
22
24
23
23

Third Party
2.8
2.3
3.1
3.0
3.5
2.6
2.6
2.2
2.0
2.2
2.4
1.9

Legend: Red = Biggest co-occurring issue, Green 2nd, Blue 3rd. Yellow 4th

Oregon Texters Experience Across Time - Percent - 2020

As of 010621

Issue
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Abuse-Emotional
4.5
2.7
2.9
5.0
4.1
2.9
3.4
2.9
2.5
2.6
2.4
2.0

Abuse-Physical
2.5
1.3
2.6
1.9
1.3
1.1
1.4
0.78
0.64
0.83
0.89
0.79

Abuse-Sexual
2.0
2.2
1.4
2.7
1.9
2.4
2.3
1.8
1.9
2.7
1.6
2.6

Abuse-Substance
2.1
1.8
2.3
3.3
3.0
3.7
2.0
2.5
2.1
1.8
2.9
2.0

Anxiety/Stress
31
31
33
34
35
34
30
28
31
29
27
27

Bullying
2.2
1.9
1.5
1.6
0.94
1.2
1.2
0.78
1.1
1.1
1.3
1.0

Depression/Sadness
33
33
27
31
34
31
32
29
33
29
28
31

Eating/Body Image

Gender/Sexual Identity
1.7
1.4
0.88
0.94
1.3
2.0
1.4
1.8
1.5
1.4
1.3
1.0

Grief
2.8
3.7
3.7
3.5
4.1
4.0
4.1
3.2
4.3
5.2
3.9
4.9

Isolation/Loneliness
16
17
17
20
21
21
19
18
15
14
14
16

Relationships
33
31
26
30
29
28
29
30
27
25
25
25

Self-Harm
12
13
14
12
13
12
11
12
14
10
9.2
9.5

Suicide
27
29
25
26
24
25
21
23
24
20
20
22

Third Party
2.8
4.1
3.4
3.1
2.5
2.5
3.2
4.6
3.2
3.2
2.8
2.4

Legend: Red = Biggest co-occurring issue, Green 2nd, Blue 3rd. Yellow 4th
Oregon Texters Experience Across Time - Percent - 2019

As of 11/20/20

Issue
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Abuse-Emotional
2.6
1.8
2.4
3.2
2.4
3.9
4.1
3.5
3.7
3.4
3.0
3.6

Abuse-Physical
1.3
0.55
1.5
1.7
0.95
1.2
1.3
2.2
1.6
4.4
2.4
2.0

Abuse-Sexual
1.8
2.4
1.9
2.2
1.6
2.0
3.4
2.6
2.1
2.5
1.9
2.3

Abuse-Substance
1.3
1.9
2.9
2.2
1.6
2.1
2.9
2.5
2.0
1.7
1.9
1.1

Anxiety/Stress
26
29
28
25
25
24
27
28
28
30
28
30

Bullying
2.4
1.3
2.5
2.2
1.9
2.0
1.4
1.3
1.7
2.1
1.9
2.3

Depression/Sadness
35
35
32
32
29
33
35
30
34
32
33
33

Eating/Body Image

Gender/Sexual Identity
1.9
2.4
2.6
1.4
2.2
1.4
1.6
2.1
0.98
0.85
2.6
1.1

Grief
4.6
2.5
3.9
3.0
2.6
2.9
2.7
3.4
4.0
2.7
2.6
3.7

Isolation/Loneliness
14
17
18
16
15
16
16
16
18
17
17
17

Relationships
28
25
30
26
25
30
31
29
28
26
29
29

Self-Harm
11
12
15
13
10
9.7
9.9
10
9.7
11
12
13

Suicide
29
29
28
28
26
22
30
27
25
28
31
31

Third Party
3.6
3.5
3.5
4.4
2.6
3.1
2.7
3.7
3.4
4.1
2.9
3.3

Source: crisistrends.org/ Learn more about the Crisis Text Line 741741 Legend: Red = Biggest co-occurring issue, Green 2nd, Blue 3rd. Yellow 4th
Legend:;Issues linked to 1/1/16 through 4/30/17 data
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