Table 2 Evidence of mental illness (MI) for suicide victims by race/ethnicity.

	White (non‐Hispanic) %	Black (non‐Hispanic) %	Hispanic %	Other (non‐Hispanic) %
Family/friend reporting and death scene evidence of diagnosis and treatment	n = 5797	n = 501	n = 257	n = 310
Ever treated for mental illness*	33.1	26.0	16.3	23.2
Current mental illness*	44.2	34.7	21.4	31.0
Current treatment for MI*	32.8	25.0	15.2	22.3
History of suicide attempts*	18.7	13.4	16.7	17.1
Diagnosis of depression*	34.7	21.6	15.6	24.2
Diagnosis of bipolar disorder*	6.1	2.6	2.3	2.3
Diagnosis of schizophrenia*	1.8	4.2	1.2	2.6
Diagnosis of anxiety disorder	2.6	1.6	0.8	1.6
Diagnosis of PTSD	0.6	0.8	0.0	0.7
Diagnosis of ADD	0.5	0.6	0.0	1.0
Diagnosis of OCD	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.0
Diagnosis of eating disorder	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
Other diagnosis	2.0	1.8	1.2	1.0
Family/friends assessment	n = 5797	n = 501	n = 257	n = 310
Current depressed mood*	46.8	30.7	45.1	43.9

*χ² tests of differences significant at 0.05 or less.

PTSD, post‐traumatic stress disorder; ADD, attention deficit disorder; OCD, obsessive compulsive disorder.