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2009 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports

Table 7_1_7.1
Suicide deaths per 100,000 population,a United States, 1999 and 2006
    2006 1999
Population group Rate SE Rate SE
Total   10.9 0.1 10.5 0.1
Age, not age adjusted 0–17 1.3 0.0 DNA DNA
18–44 13.3 0.1 DNA DNA
45–64 16.0 0.1 13.2 0.1
65 and over 14.2 0.2 15.8 0.2
Race American Indian/Alaska Native 11.6 0.6 10.1 0.6
Asian/Pacific Islander 5.6 0.2 6.0 0.2
Black 5.1 0.1 5.6 0.1
White 12.1 0.1 11.3 0.1
Ethnicity Hispanic, all races 5.3 0.1 5.9 0.2
Non-Hispanic, all races 11.7 0.1 11.0 0.1
Non-Hispanic, Black 5.2 0.1 5.7 0.1
Non-Hispanic, White 13.2 0.1 12.0 0.1
Gender Male 18.0 0.1 17.8 0.1
Female 4.5 0.1 4.0 0.1
Residence locationb Metropolitan 10.4 0.1 DNA DNA
  Large central metro 9.4 0.1 DNA DNA
  Large fringe metro 9.6 0.1 DNA DNA
  Medium metro 11.7 0.1 DNA DNA
  Small metro 12.8 0.2 DNA DNA
Micropolitan (nonmetro) 13.7 0.2 DNA DNA
Noncore (nonmetro) 13.9 0.3 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.