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2008 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports

Table 7_1_1.1
Suicide deaths per 100,000 population,a United States, 1999 and 2005
Population group 2005 1999
Number Rate SE Number Rate SE
Total 32,629 10.9 0.1 29,183 10.5 0.1
Age, not age adjusted Under 18 1,019 1.4 0.0 1,004 DNA DNA
18–44 15,005 13.2 0.1 14,713 DNA DNA
45–64 11,201 15.4 0.1 7,977 13.2 0.1
65 and over 5,404 14.7 0.2 5,489 15.8 0.2
Race American Indian/Alaska Native 392 11.7 0.6 291 10.1 0.6
Asian/Pacific Islander 726 5.2 0.2 657 6.0 0.2
Black 1,992 5.2 0.1 1,948 5.6 0.1
White 29,519 12.0 0.1 26,287 11.3 0.1
Ethnicity Hispanic, all races 2,186 5.6 0.1 1,693 5.9 0.2
Non-Hispanic, all races 30,337 11.6 0.1 27,370 11.0 0.1
Non-Hispanic, Black 1,953 5.4 0.1 1,922 5.7 0.1
Non-Hispanic, White 27,304 12.9 0.1 24,528 12.0 0.1
Gender Male 25,900 18.0 0.1 23,442 17.8 0.1
Female 6,729 4.4 0.1 5,741 4.0 0.1
Education, ages 25–64 Less than high school 2,078 20.6 0.5 2,988 17.7 0.3
High school graduate 6,034 21.5 0.3 8,104 18.4 0.2
At least some college 4,943 10.2 0.1 6,872 9.4 0.1
Residence locationb Metropolitan 25,654 10.3 0.1 DNA DNA DNA
  Large central metro 8,300 9.5 0.1 DNA DNA DNA
  Large fringe metro 6,920 9.5 0.1 DNA DNA DNA
  Medium metro 6,809 11.4 0.1 DNA DNA DNA
  Small metro 3,625 12.8 0.2 DNA DNA DNA
Micropolitan (nonmetro) 4,116 13.3 0.2 DNA DNA DNA
Noncore (nonmetro) 2859 14.2 0.3 DNA DNA DNA

a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population, except where indicated. Respondents for which age is not reported are not included in the age adjustment calculations and are excluded from displayed numerators.

b For more information, see the National Vital Statistics System entry in Appendix A, Data Sources.

DNA - Data have not been analyzed.

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System - Mortality.

 

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