Table 7_1_1-1

2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

The National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR) is a comprehensive national overview of quality of health care in the United States. It is organized around four dimensions of quality of care: effectiveness, patient safety, timeliness, and patient centeredness.

Table 7_1_1.1
Suicide deaths per 100,000 population,^a United States, 1999 and 2005
Population group		2005			1999
Population group		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
Gender	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 location^b	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.

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 7_1_1-1: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/7_mentalhealthsubstanceabuse/T7_1_1-1.html