Table 1 Characteristics of total and firearm related suicides in New York City, 1990–2000.
| Total suicides | Firearm suicides | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n* | % | n | % | p Value | |
| Total*† | 6008 | 100.0 | 1200 | 20.0 | |
| Sex | |||||
| Female | 1521 | 25.3 | 114 | 7.5 | <0.0001 |
| Male | 4486 | 74.7 | 1086 | 24.2 | |
| Race/ethnicity | |||||
| White | 3167 | 52.7 | 571 | 18.0 | <0.0001 |
| Black | 1094 | 18.2 | 279 | 25.5 | |
| Hispanic | 1225 | 20.4 | 308 | 25.1 | |
| Asian | 351 | 5.8 | 22 | 6.3 | |
| Other | 167 | 2.8 | 20 | 12.0 | |
| Age (years) | |||||
| 10–14 | 24 | 0.4 | 3 | 12.5 | <0.0001 |
| 15–24 | 759 | 12.6 | 266 | 35.0 | |
| 25–34 | 1309 | 21.8 | 279 | 21.3 | |
| 35–44 | 1292 | 21.5 | 200 | 15.5 | |
| 45–54 | 935 | 15.6 | 170 | 18.2 | |
| 55–64 | 647 | 10.8 | 125 | 19.3 | |
| 65–74 | 505 | 8.4 | 94 | 18.6 | |
| 75+ | 535 | 8.9 | 63 | 11.8 | |
| Place of injury | |||||
| Inside (not residence) | 1092 | 18.2 | 154 | 14.1 | <0.0001 |
| Residence | 4302 | 71.9 | 932 | 21.7 | |
| Outside | 592 | 9.9 | 114 | 19.3 | |
| Borough of residence | |||||
| Manhattan | 1438 | 27.2 | 170 | 11.8 | <0.0001 |
| Bronx | 876 | 16.6 | 247 | 28.2 | |
| Brooklyn | 1449 | 27.4 | 325 | 22.4 | |
| Queens | 1246 | 23.6 | 286 | 23.0 | |
| Staten Island | 275 | 5.2 | 81 | 29.5 | |
| Drugs detected | |||||
| Any drug | 2814 | 42.4 | 645 | 22.9 | <0.0001 |
| Cocaine | 799 | 12.0 | 203 | 25.4 | <0.0001 |
| Opiates | 660 | 9.9 | 103 | 15.6 | 0.003 |
| Cannabis | 308 | 4.6 | 117 | 38.0 | <0.0001 |
| Alcohol | 2060 | 31.0 | 469 | 22.8 | <0.0001 |
*Totals within each covariate category may be less than 6008 due to missing values.
†Column percentages are presented for each of the covariates within the “total suicide” column; row percentages are presented for the proportion of total suicides within each covariate that are attributable to firearms.