Table 7_1_7-1

2009 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_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
Gender	Female	4.5	0.1	4.0	0.1
Residence location^b	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.

Current as of March 2010

Internet Citation: Table 7_1_7-1: 2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. March 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr09/7_mentalhealthsubstanceabuse/T7_1_7-1.html