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Awareness of the 988 national suicide prevention hotline is growing since the number was updated, but it is still low, according to a new survey.
The Annenberg Public Policy Center/SSRS poll, released Monday, found that only 15 percent of survey respondents named the correct number for the hotline, officially named the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, as of September this year.
That number increased by 4 percent since August 2023, when just 11 percent of surveytakers shared the accurate numbers. In January 2023, just 8 percent knew the correct digits, according to the survey’s analysis.
On the other hand, the poll shows that the number of people who said the hotline was 911 — the nationwide emergency line — dropped to 1 percent in September from 4 percent in last year’s survey.
