Table 7_1_1-2c

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_1.2c
Suicide deaths per 100,000 population,^a by education,^b United States, 2005
Population group		Total		Less than high school		High school graduate		At least some college
Population group		Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE
Total		10.9	0.1	20.6	0.5	21.5	0.3	10.2	0.1
Age, not age adjusted	25–44	13.7	0.1	22.4	0.6	22.3	0.4	8.7	0.2
Age, not age adjusted	45–64	15.4	0.1	17.4	0.6	20.2	0.4	12.2	0.2
Gender	Male	18.0	0.1	31.9	0.8	33.5	0.5	15.5	0.3
Gender	Female	4.4	0.1	7.4	0.4	8.5	0.3	5.4	0.1

^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 Education data are for persons ages 25–64 years only. Total of 31 reporting States (not including the District of Columbia).

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_1-2c: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/7_mentalhealthsubstanceabuse/T7_1_1-2c.html