Table T2_7_1_4-2a

2012 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

This appendix provides detailed data tables for all measures analyzed for the 2012 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. Tables are included for measures discussed in the main text of the reports as well as for other measures that were examined but not included in the main text.

Table 2_7_1_4.2a
Suicide deaths per 100,000 population,^a by race, United States, 2009
		Total		White		Black		API		AI/AN
Population group		Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE
Total		14.2	0.1	15.9	0.1	6.2	0.1	7.6	0.2	14.5	0.7
Age, not age adjusted	0–17	4.1	0.1	4.5	0.2	2.5	0.2	2.5	0.5	11.2	1.8
	18–44	13.7	0.1	15.2	0.1	7.7	0.2	7.4	0.3	20.4	1.2
	45–64	18.1	0.2	20.4	0.2	6.0	0.3	8.6	0.5	12.0	1.3
	65 and over	14.8	0.2	16.1	0.2	4.4	0.4	9.4	0.8	DSU	DSU
Gender	Female	5.9	0.1	6.6	0.1	2.3	0.1	4.5	0.3	7.8	0.7
Gender	Male	23.2	0.1	25.6	0.2	10.9	0.3	11.1	0.4	21.1	1.2
Geographic location^b	Metropolitan	13.5	0.1	15.1	0.1	6.2	0.1	7.5	0.3	9.8	0.7
	Large central metro	12	0.1	14.0	0.2	6.4	0.2	7.9	0.4	5.5	0.9
	Large fringe metro	12.8	0.1	14.2	0.2	5.7	0.3	6.0	0.4	8.9	1.5
	Medium metro	15.1	0.2	16.5	0.2	6.3	0.3	7.8	0.6	11.5	1.5
	Small metro	16.5	0.3	17.7	0.3	6.7	0.5	9.9	1.6	17.9	2.4
	Micropolitan	17.8	0.3	18.9	0.3	7.1	0.6	11.1	1.6	20.2	2.2
	Noncore	19.1	0.4	20.1	0.4	4.8	0.6	DSU	DSU	28.7	2.5

^a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 U.S. standard population, except where indicated. 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.

Page last reviewed June 2013

Internet Citation: Table T2_7_1_4-2a: 2012 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. June 2013. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr12/7_mentalhealthsubstanceabuse/T2_7_1_4-2a.html