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2011 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports
Data Tables Appendix

Table 7_1_7.2
Suicide deaths per 100,000 population,a 2000-2003
    2003 2002 2001 2000
Population group Number Rate SE Number Rate SE Number Rate SE Number Rate SE
Total Total 31,477 10.8 0.1 31,645 10.9 0.1 30,607 10.7 0.1 29,343 10.4 0.1
Age, not age adjusted 0-17 918 1.3 0.0 974 1.3 0.0 1,027 1.4 0.0 1,089 1.5 0.0
18-44 14,987 13.2 0.1 15,197 13.4 0.1 14,928 13.3 0.1 14,566 13.0 0.1
45-64 10,324 15.0 0.1 9,926 14.9 0.1 9,259 14.4 0.1 8,382 13.5 0.1
65 and over 5,248 14.6 0.2 5,548 15.6 0.2 5,393 15.3 0.2 5,306 15.2 0.2
Race AI/AN 322 10.0 0.6 324 10.2 0.6 321 10.5 0.6 297 9.8 0.6
API 722 5.6 0.2 661 5.4 0.2 633 5.4 0.2 615 5.5 0.2
Black 1,955 5.2 0.1 1,939 5.3 0.1 1,957 5.5 0.1 1,962 5.5 0.1
White 28,478 11.8 0.1 28,721 12.0 0.1 27,696 11.7 0.1 26,469 11.3 0.1
Ethnicity Hispanic, all races 2,007 5.6 0.1 1,952 5.7 0.1 1,848 5.7 0.1 1,786 5.9 0.2
Non-Hispanic, all races 29,365 11.4 0.1 29,539 11.6 0.1 28,642 11.3 0.1 27,422 10.9 0.1
  Non-Hispanic, Black 1,918 5.4 0.1 1,896 5.4 0.1 1,904 5.5 0.1 1,923 5.6 0.1
  Non-Hispanic, White 26,432 12.7 0.1 26,687 12.9 0.1 25,809 12.5 0.1 24,613 12.0 0.1
Gender Female 6,281 4.2 0.1 6,246 4.2 0.1 5,949 4.0 0.1 5,732 4.0 0.1
Male 25,196 18.0 0.1 25,399 18.4 0.1 24,658 18.2 0.1 23,611 17.7 0.1

a. Estimates are age adjusted to 2000 U.S. 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.

Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; API: Asian or 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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