United States Data
Suicide Mortality
Healthy People 2010 Objective: Reduce the suicide rate
Rates per 100,000
| National Data | Baseline (1999) |
Final (2007) |
Numeric Change |
2010 Target |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
10- to 14- year-olds
15- to 19- year-olds |
1.2
8.0 |
0.9
6.9 |
-0.3
-1.1 |
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United States Data
All the tables below contain data available for the entire United States and this objective.
| Age | Baseline (1999) |
Final (2007) |
Numeric Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ages 10-14 |
1.20 |
0.88 |
-0.32
|
| Ages 15-19 |
8.00 |
6.89 |
-1.11
|
| Gender by Age | Baseline (1999) |
Final (2007) |
Numeric Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Males 10-14 |
1.85 |
1.22 |
-0.63
|
| Males 15-19 |
13.04 |
11.08 |
-1.96
|
| Females 10-14 |
0.5 |
0.52 |
0.02
|
| Females 15-19 |
2.74 |
2.48 |
-0.26
|
| Race/Ethnicity by Age | Baseline (1999) |
Final (2007) |
Numeric Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| White (non Hispanic) 10-14 |
1.32 |
0.87 |
-0.45
|
| White (non Hispanic) 15-19 |
8.98 |
7.79 |
-1.19
|
| Black (non Hispanic) 10-14 |
0.93 |
1.24 |
0.31
|
| Black (non Hispanic) 15-19 |
5.93 |
4.12 |
-1.81
|
| American Indian/Alaskan Native (non Hispanic) 10-14 |
0.88 |
4.46* |
3.58
|
| American Indian/Alaskan Native (non Hispanic) 15-19 |
22.93 |
20.74 |
-2.19
|
| Asian/Pacific Islander (non Hispanic) 10-14 |
0.9 |
0.78* |
-0.12
|
| Asian/Pacific Islander (non Hispanic) 15-19 |
4.82 |
5.28 |
0.46
|
| Hispanic 10-14 |
0.99 |
0.48* |
-0.51
|
| Hispanic 15-19 |
5.7 |
5.74 |
0.04
|
| Race/Ethnicity and Gender by Age | Baseline (1999) |
Final (2007) |
Numeric Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| White (non Hispanic) Males 10-14 |
2.08 |
1.24 |
-0.84
|
| White (non Hispanic) Males 15-19 |
14.68 |
12.47 |
-2.21
|
| White (non Hispanic) Females 10-14 |
0.51 |
0.48 |
-0.03
|
| White (non Hispanic) Females 15-19 |
3.01 |
2.86 |
-0.15
|
| Black (non Hispanic) Males 10-14 |
1.39 |
1.69 |
0.30
|
| Black (non Hispanic) Males 15-19 |
10.13 |
6.9 |
-3.23
|
| Black (non Hispanic) Females 10-14 |
0.45 |
0.78* |
0.33
|
| Black (non Hispanic) Females 15-19 |
1.63 |
1.26 |
-0.37
|
| American Indian/Alaskan Native (non Hispanic) Males 10-14 |
1.74 |
5.87* |
4.13
|
| American Indian/Alaskan Native (non Hispanic) Males 15-19 |
37.69 |
30.75 |
-6.94
|
| American Indian/Alaskan Native (non Hispanic) Females 10-14 |
0 |
3.02* |
3.02
|
| American Indian/Alaskan Native (non Hispanic) Females 15-19 |
7.62 |
10.49* |
2.87
|
| Asian/Pacific Islander (non Hispanic) Males 10-14 |
1.5 |
0.87* |
-0.63
|
| Asian/Pacific Islander (non Hispanic) Males 15-19 |
6.38 |
8.33 |
1.95
|
| Asian/Pacific Islander (non Hispanic) Females 10-14 |
0.26 |
0.68* |
0.42
|
| Asian/Pacific Islander (non Hispanic) Females 15-19 |
3.19 |
2.05* |
-1.14
|
| Hispanic Males 10-14 |
1.36 |
0.64* |
-0.72
|
| Hispanic Males 15-19 |
8.94 |
9.38 |
0.44
|
| Hispanic Females 10-14 |
0.61 |
0.31* |
-0.30
|
| Hispanic Females 15-19 |
2.01 |
1.87 |
-0.14
|
Source: WISQARS Fatal Causes of Deaths (using data collected by National Vital Statistics System), National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Prevention and Control
*Based on 20 or fewer number of deaths; use with caution
X = In the Baseline or Final columns, “X” represents zero deaths for a subgroup; in the Numeric Change column, “X” means that a number cannot be generated to show the change between baseline and Final.
