2009 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports: Data Tables Appendix: Table 7_1

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Table 7_1_7.2b
Suicide deaths per 100,000 population,^a by ethnicity, United States, 2006
				Non-Hispanic
		Total		All races		White		Black		Hispanic, all races
Population group		Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE
Total		10.9	0.1	11.7	0.1	13.2	0.1	5.2	0.1	5.3	0.1
Age, not age adjusted	0–17	1.3	0.0	1.4	0.0	1.5	0.1	0.7	0.1	0.8	0.1
	18–44	13.3	0.1	14.5	0.1	16.3	0.2	8.2	0.2	7.3	0.2
	45–64	16.0	0.1	17.0	0.2	19.3	0.2	5.6	0.3	6.3	0.3
	65 and over	14.2	0.2	14.7	0.2	16.1	0.2	4.5	0.4	6.1	0.5
Gender	Male	18.0	0.1	19.3	0.1	21.4	0.1	9.6	0.2	8.8	0.2
Gender	Female	4.5	0.1	4.9	0.1	5.6	0.1	1.4	0.1	1.8	0.1
Geographic location^b	Metropolitan	10.4	0.1	11.2	0.1	12.7	0.1	5.2	0.1	5.2	0.1
	Large central metro	9.4	0.1	10.6	0.1	13.0	0.2	5.6	0.2	5.2	0.2
	Large fringe metro	9.6	0.1	10.1	0.1	11.2	0.1	4.6	0.2	4.5	0.3
	Medium metro	11.7	0.1	12.4	0.2	13.7	0.2	4.8	0.3	5.6	0.3
	Small metro	12.8	0.2	13.3	0.2	14.2	0.3	5.7	0.5	5.4	0.5
	Micropolitan (nonmetro)	13.7	0.2	14.0	0.2	15.0	0.2	5.5	0.5	7.6	0.6
	Noncore (nonmetro)	13.9	0.3	14.2	0.3	14.8	0.3	4.3	0.5	6.3	0.9

^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.

Key: SE: standard error.

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