TABLE 1—
Number of Deaths, Rates of Suicide per 100 000 With 95% Confidence Intervals (CIs), by Gender and Age Group: United States, 2002
| Age Group, y | No. Deaths | Rate per 100 000 (95% CI) |
| Males | ||
| 0–4 | 0 | 0 (NA) |
| 5–9 | 3 | 0.03 (0.00, 0.06) |
| 10–14 | 196 | 1.81 (1.56, 2.06) |
| 15–19 | 1280 | 12.23 (11.56, 12.90) |
| 20–24 | 2152 | 20.63 (19.76, 21.5) |
| 25–29 | 2003 | 20.84 (19.93, 21.75) |
| 30–34 | 2132 | 20.31 (19.45, 21.17) |
| 35–39 | 2484 | 22.78 (21.88, 23.68) |
| 40–44 | 2821 | 24.76 (23.85, 25.67) |
| 45–49 | 2608 | 24.89 (23.93, 25.85) |
| 50–54 | 2188 | 23.84 (22.84, 24.84) |
| 55–59 | 1708 | 23.54 (22.42, 24.66) |
| 60–64 | 1129 | 20.46 (19.27, 21.65) |
| 65–69 | 975 | 21.95 (20.57, 23.33) |
| 70–74 | 1078 | 27.87 (26.21, 29.53) |
| 75–79 | 1054 | 34.26 (32.19, 36.33) |
| 80–84 | 884 | 44.08 (41.17, 46.99) |
| ≥ 85 | 704 | 51.14 (47.36, 54.92) |
| Females | ||
| 0–4 | 0 | 0 (NA) |
| 5–9 | 1 | 0.01 (0.01, 0.03) |
| 10–14 | 64 | 0.62 (0.47, 0.77) |
| 15–19 | 233 | 2.36 (2.06, 2.66) |
| 20–24 | 345 | 3.49 (3.12, 3.86) |
| 25–29 | 420 | 4.52 (4.09, 4.95) |
| 30–34 | 491 | 4.76 (4.34, 5.18) |
| 35–39 | 657 | 6.03 (5.57, 6.49) |
| 40–44 | 889 | 7.7 (7.19, 8.21) |
| 45–49 | 865 | 8.02 (7.49, 8.55) |
| 50–54 | 647 | 6.75 (6.23, 7.27) |
| 55–59 | 478 | 6.19 (5.63, 6.75) |
| 60–64 | 303 | 4.99 (4.43, 5.55) |
| 65–69 | 222 | 4.32 (3.75, 4.89) |
| 70–74 | 188 | 3.88 (3.33, 4.43) |
| 75–79 | 177 | 4.06 (3.46, 4.66) |
| 80–84 | 144 | 4.36 (3.65, 5.07) |
| ≥ 85 | 122 | 3.82 (3.14, 4.5) |