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
		2003		2002		2001		2000		1999
Population group		Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE
Total		10.8	0.1	10.9	0.1	10.7	0.1	10.4	0.1	10.5	0.1
Age	0-17	1.3	0.0	1.3	0.0	1.4	0.0	1.5	0.0	DNA	DNA
	18-44	13.2	0.1	13.4	0.1	13.3	0.1	13.0	0.1	DNA	DNA
	45-64	15.0	0.1	14.9	0.1	14.4	0.1	13.5	0.1	13.2	0.1
	65 and over	14.6	0.2	15.6	0.2	15.3	0.2	15.2	0.2	15.8	0.2
Race	AI/AN	10.0	0.6	10.2	0.6	10.5	0.6	9.8	0.6	10.1	0.6
	NHOPI	5.6	0.2	5.4	0.2	5.4	0.2	5.5	0.2	6.0	0.2
	Black	5.2	0.1	5.3	0.1	5.5	0.1	5.5	0.1	5.6	0.1
	White	11.8	0.1	12.0	0.1	11.7	0.1	11.3	0.1	11.3	0.1
Ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	5.6	0.1	5.7	0.1	5.7	0.1	5.9	0.2	5.9	0.2
	Non-Hispanic, all races	11.4	0.1	11.6	0.1	11.3	0.1	10.9	0.1	11.0	0.1
	Non-Hispanic, Black	5.4	0.1	5.4	0.1	5.5	0.1	5.6	0.1	5.7	0.1
	Non-Hispanic, White	12.7	0.1	12.9	0.1	12.5	0.1	12.0	0.1	12.0	0.1
Gender	Male	18.0	0.1	18.4	0.1	18.2	0.1	17.7	0.1	17.8	0.1
Gender	Female	4.2	0.1	4.2	0.1	4.0	0.1	4.0	0.1	4.0	0.1
Education,^b ages 25-64	Less than high school	20.8	0.4	17.9	0.3	17.4	0.3	18.4	0.3	17.7	0.3
	High school graduate	21.0	0.2	20.4	0.2	19.2	0.2	18.8	0.2	18.4	0.2
	At least some college	10.2	0.1	9.9	0.1	9.5	0.1	9.3	0.1	9.4	0.1

^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.

Current as of February 2011

Internet Citation: NHQRDR 2010 /T7_1_7-2: 2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. February 2011. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr10/7_mentalhealthsubstanceabuse/T7_1_7-2.html