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Table 98a
Suicide deaths per 100,000 population,a by race, United States, 2004
Population group Total White Black API AI/AN
Rate SE Rate SE Rate SE Rate SE Rate SE
Total   10.9 0.1 12.0 0.1 5.3 0.1 5.8 0.2 12.2 0.6
Age, not age adjusted 0-17 1.4 0.0 1.5 0.1 0.9 0.1 0.9 0.2 3.9 0.6
18-44 13.5 0.1 14.8 0.1 8.3 0.2 6.4 0.3 21.3 1.3
45-64 15.4 0.1 17.2 0.2 5.8 0.3 7.6 0.5 10.4 1.3
65 and over 14.3 0.2 15.4 0.2 4.8 0.4 10.1 1.0 * *
Gender Male 18.0 0.1 19.6 0.1 9.6 0.2 8.4 0.4 18.7 1.1
Female 4.5 0.1 5.0 0.1 1.8 0.1 3.5 0.2 5.9 0.6
Residence locationb Large central metro 9.6 0.1 11.1 0.1 5.4 0.2 5.7 0.3 4.8 0.8
Large fringe metro 9.5 0.1 10.3 0.1 5.2 0.3 5.2 0.4 7.1 1.4
Medium metro 11.5 0.1 12.5 0.2 5.6 0.3 6.1 0.5 10.8 1.4
Small metro 12.4 0.2 13.2 0.2 5.7 0.5 6.0 1.3 11.0 1.8
Micropolitan (nonmetro) 13.2 0.2 13.9 0.2 4.8 0.4 7.1 1.2 19.7 2.1
Noncore (nonmetro) 14.8 0.3 15.4 0.3 5.2 0.6 * * 23.1 2.1

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

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

* 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.

 

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