Table 2.
Estimated Weighted Prevalances of Suicidal Behaviors by Sociodemographic Characteristics, and Disaggregated Through Pathways Involving Ideation, Plans, and Attempts*
| % (SE)† | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attempt (n = 189)‡ |
Ideation (n = 542)‡ |
Plan Among Ideators (n = 190)§ |
Impulsive Attempt Among Ideators Without a Plan (n = 72)§ |
Planned Attempt Among Ideators With a Plan (n = 117)§ |
|
| Overall 12-month ∥ | 0.18 (0.1) | 2.1 (0.3) | 25.3 (4.9) | 4.7 (2.5) | 20.5 (6.8) |
| Overall | 4.1 (0.5) | 11.7 (0.8) | 34.6 (3.3) | 20.8 (2.7) | 62.1 (3.7) |
| Ethnicity | |||||
| African American | 4.0 (0.5) | 11.7 (0.8) | 33.6 (3.5) | 21.2 (2.8) | 61.0 (3.7) |
| Caribbean black | 5.1 (2.0) | 12.3 (1.8) | 47.9 (12.3) | 14.5 (6.0) | 71.1 (14.7) |
| 0.3 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.4 | |
| P value | .57 | .74 | .24 | .36 | .53 |
| Sex | |||||
| Men | 3.1 (0.7) | 10.4 (1.2) | 27.0 (5.4) | 17.0 (3.9) | 64.8 (8.8) |
| Women | 4.9 (0.5) | 12.7 (0.8) | 39.7 (2.9) | 23.8 (3.3) | 60.8 (3.1) |
| 4.3 | 2.7 | 5.6 | 1.9 | 0.2 | |
| P value | .04 | .10 | .02 | .17 | .66 |
| Ethnicity and sex | |||||
| African American men | 2.7 (0.7) | 10.2 (1.3) | 24.3 (5.3) | 17.0 (4.1) | 58.0 (9.9) |
| African American women | 5.0 (0.5) | 12.8 (0.8) | 39.3 (3.0) | 24.5 (3.4) | 62.2 (3.1) |
| Caribbean black men | 7.5 (3.8) | 13.6 (3.8) | 49.9 (21.6) | 16.8 (10.6) | 93.3 (4.5) |
| Caribbean black women | 2.7 (0.7) | 10.9 (1.9) | 45.5 (6.4) | 11.8 (4.9) | 40.2 (13.0) |
| 10.0 | 4.9 | 7.7 | 4.0 | 9.1 | |
| P value | .02 | .18 | .06 | .27 | .03 |
| Marital status | |||||
| Never married | 5.8 (0.8) | 13.3 (1) | 37.3 (4.7) | 29.8 (4.9) | 68.1 (5.8) |
| Previously married | 3.3 (0.5) | 12.9 (1.3) | 35.2 (4.7) | 10.9 (2.9) | 51.6 (5.9) |
| Married | 2.9 (0.8) | 8.9 (1.1) | 29.1 (4.9) | 18.9 (5.2) | 66.3 (10.8) |
| , P value | 11.7 | 12.1 | 1.9 | 10.2 | 2.9 |
| P value | .004 | .003 | .39 | .008 | .24 |
| Birth year cohort | |||||
| 1939 or before | 0.9 (0.5) | 3.5 (0.7) | 25.1 (11.9) | 5.4 (1.0) | 83.7 (16.1) |
| 1940–1954 | 4.9 (1.1) | 13.0 (1.5) | 35.7 (5.0) | 21.1 (6.6) | 68.3 (8.4) |
| 1955–1964 | 3.8 (0.7) | 13.22 (1.6) | 27.6 (5.1) | 16.4 (4.2) | 60.4 (9.9) |
| 1965–1974 | 3.8 (0.8) | 12.3 (1.1) | 37.1 (4.4) | 20.0 (6.7) | 50.0 (6.8) |
| 1975 or after | 5.9 (1.1) | 13.2 (1.4) | 40.7 (5.9) | 30.3 (6.3) | 66.5 (5.0) |
| 16.2 | 32.7 | 5.2 | 5.7 | 4.7 | |
| P value | .003 | <.001 | .27 | .23 | .33 |
| Education status | |||||
| Less than high school | 6.1 (1.0) | 13.9 (1.3) | 36.2 (6.4) | 29.8 (5.6) | 68.9 (7.4) |
| High school graduate | 3.4 (0.7) | 11.8 (1.4) | 32.0 (3.6) | 14.5 (3.6) | 60.3 (7.1) |
| Some college | 4.2 (0.8) | 10.8 (1.1) | 45.0 (7.0) | 22.6 (5.6) | 59.5 (7.9) |
| College graduate | 2.4 (0.8) | 9.2 (1.7) | 20.5 (5.9) | 19.3 (7.4) | 55.2 (13.5) |
| 11.8 | 5.7 | 7.3 | 5.8 | 1.2 | |
| P value | .01 | .13 | .07 | .13 | .75 |
| Region | |||||
| Northeast | 5.6 (1.8) | 14.6 (1.6) | 40.6 (7.1) | 22.6 (8.5) | 60.9 (8.0) |
| Midwest | 5.8 (0.9) | 14.6 (1.7) | 42.7 (7.3) | 16.7 (2.8) | 69.7 (6.60) |
| South | 3.0 (0.4) | 9.7 (0.9) | 25.5 (3.4) | 19.1 (2.0) | 65.7 (5.2) |
| West | 4.6 (1.9) | 12.3 (4.4) | 44.8 (7.5) | 35.0 (14.0) | 40.4 (14.8) |
| 6.2 | 6.3 | 9.6 | 2.9 | 4.6 | |
| P value | .11 | .10 | .02 | .41 | .21 |
All prevalence estimates are weighted to be nationally representative of the given population and subpopulations in the 48 US states.
Standard errors and χ2 statistics are adjusted for the sampling stratification, clustering, and weighting of the data.
The behavioral categories of “attempt” and ideation” present the risks for the unconditional behaviors.
The behavioral categories of plan among ideators, impulsive attempt among ideators without a plan, and planned attempt among ideators with a plan present the risks for the conditional behaviors.
The 12-month frequencies of the 5 behaviors were, in order from left to right, n = 15, n = 98, n = 30, n = 5, and n = 10.