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NHQRDR 2010 /T7_1_7-2

2010 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_7.2
Suicide deaths per 100,000 population,a United States, 1999-2003
  20032002200120001999
Population groupRateSERateSERateSERateSERateSE
Total 10.80.110.90.110.70.110.40.110.50.1
Age0-171.30.01.30.01.40.01.50.0DNADNA
18-4413.20.113.40.113.30.113.00.1DNADNA
45-6415.00.114.90.114.40.113.50.113.20.1
65 and over14.60.215.60.215.30.215.20.215.80.2
RaceAI/AN10.00.610.20.610.50.69.80.610.10.6
NHOPI5.60.25.40.25.40.25.50.26.00.2
Black5.20.15.30.15.50.15.50.15.60.1
White11.80.112.00.111.70.111.30.111.30.1
EthnicityHispanic, all races5.60.15.70.15.70.15.90.25.90.2
Non-Hispanic, all races11.40.111.60.111.30.110.90.111.00.1
Non-Hispanic, Black5.40.15.40.15.50.15.60.15.70.1
Non-Hispanic, White12.70.112.90.112.50.112.00.112.00.1
GenderMale18.00.118.40.118.20.117.70.117.80.1
Female4.20.14.20.14.00.14.00.14.00.1
Education,b ages 25-64Less than high school20.80.417.90.317.40.318.40.317.70.3
High school graduate21.00.220.40.219.20.218.80.218.40.2
At least some college10.20.19.90.19.50.19.30.19.40.1

a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population.� Age data are unadjusted. Respondents for which age is not reported are not included in the age adjustment calculations and are excluded from numerators.

b Not all States reported education data.

DNA - Data have not been analyzed.

Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; SE: standard error.

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

 

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