NHQRDR 2010 /T7_1_7-3a

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_7.3a
Suicide deaths per 100,000 population,^a by race, United States, 2007
		Total		White		Black		API		AI/AN
Population group		Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE
Total		11.3	0.1	12.5	0.1	5.0	0.1	6.1	0.2	11.5	0.6
Age	0-17	1.1	0.0	1.2	0.0	0.8	0.1	0.8	0.2	3.6	0.6
	18-44	13.7	0.1	15.0	0.1	7.9	0.2	7.9	0.3	19.7	1.2
	45-64	16.8	0.1	18.9	0.2	5.5	0.3	7.1	0.5	10.4	1.2
	65 and over	14.3	0.2	15.6	0.2	3.8	0.3	8.5	0.8	DSU	DSU
Gender	Female	4.7	0.1	5.2	0.1	1.7	0.1	3.5	0.2	4.9	0.6
Gender	Male	18.4	0.1	20.2	0.1	8.8	0.2	9.0	0.4	18.1	1.1
Geographic location^b	Metropolitan	10.7	0.1	12.0	0.1	5.0	0.1	6.0	0.2	8.3	0.6
	Large central metro	9.7	0.1	11.2	0.1	5.1	0.2	6.1	0.3	6.0	0.9
	Large fringe metro	10.1	0.1	11.1	0.1	4.8	0.2	5.2	0.4	DSU	DSU
	Medium metro	12.0	0.1	13.0	0.2	5.0	0.3	6.9	0.5	11.4	1.4
	Small metro	13.1	0.2	14.0	0.2	5.2	0.4	7.1	1.3	13.7	2.0
	Micropolitan (nonmetropolitan)	13.4	0.2	14.2	0.2	5.0	0.4	7.4	1.2	15.8	1.8
	Noncore (nonmetropolitan)	14.7	0.3	15.5	0.3	4.5	0.5	DSU	DSU	20.7	2.0

^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 For more information, see the National Vital Statistics System entry in Appendix A, Data Sources.

DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; API: Asian or Pacific Islander; SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Vital Statistics System.

Current as of February 2011

Internet Citation: NHQRDR 2010 /T7_1_7-3a: 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_7-3a.html