Table 1 Suicide demographics and rate per 100,000 population. North Carolina residents, 2004.
| Females | Males | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | Rate* (95% CI) | n | % | Rate* (95% CI) | |
| Race | ||||||
| White | 210 | 89.7 | 6.6 (5.7 to 7.4) | 690 | 88.2 | 21.8 (20.1 to 23.4) |
| Black | 20 | 8.6 | 2.0 (1.1 to 2.9) | 79 | 10.1 | 8.9 (6.9 to 10.8) |
| Other | 4 | 1.7 | – | 13 | 1.7 | – |
| Age (years) | ||||||
| <1 | 0 | 0.0 | – | 0 | 0.0 | – |
| 1–4 | 0 | 0.0 | – | 0 | 0.0 | – |
| 5–9 | 0 | 0.0 | – | 0 | 0.0 | – |
| 10–14 | 1 | 0.4 | – | 8 | 1.0 | – |
| 15–19 | 7 | 3.0 | – | 39 | 5.0 | 13.3 (9.1 to 17.4) |
| 20–24 | 13 | 5.6 | 4.6 (2.1 to 7.0) | 69 | 8.8 | 21.8 (16.6 to 26.9) |
| 25–34 | 30 | 12.8 | 5.0 (3.2 to 6.7) | 149 | 19.1 | 23.4 (19.6 to 27.1) |
| 35–44 | 57 | 24.4 | 8.8 (6.5 to 11.1) | 186 | 23.8 | 29.0 (24.8 to 33.1) |
| 45–54 | 58 | 24.8 | 9.6 (7.1 to 12.1) | 116 | 14.8 | 20.3 (16.6 to 24) |
| 55–64 | 37 | 15.8 | 8.3 (5.6 to 11.0) | 83 | 10.6 | 20.3 (15.9 to 24.0) |
| 65–74 | 20 | 8.5 | 6.5 (3.7 to 9.4) | 59 | 7.5 | 23.7 (17.7 to 29.8) |
| 75–84 | 8 | 3.4 | – | 53 | 6.9 | 38.2 (27.9 to 48.5) |
| ⩾85 | 3 | 1.3 | – | 19 | 2.4 | 55.8 (30.7 to 80.9) |
*Rate per 100 000 NC residents.