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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Psychiatr Res. 2011 Apr;45(4):512–518. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2010.09.004

Table 1.

Lifetime prevalence of suicide attempt by age and Hispanic subcategory in the NLAES and NESARC, stratified by sex (data for whites is presented in italics for comparison purposes for each age group and for the total sample including all age groups –labeled “Total”-; the rates in the full sample are shown at the bottom of the table –labeled “Full sample”-)

Total (females and males) Female Male
Age Race/Ethnicity NLAES
% (95% CI)
(N = 42862)		 NESARC
% (95% CI)
(N = 43093)		 NLAES
% (95% CI)
(N = 25043)		 NESARC
% (95% CI)
(N = 24575)		 NLAES
% (95% CI)
(N = 17819)		 NESARC
% (95% CI)
(N = 18518)
18–24 years Mexican 3.0 (1.2–4.8) 3.2 (1.6 – 4.8) 4.5 (1.6 – 7.4) 5.4 (2.1 – 8.7) 1.4 (0.0 – 3.0) 1.2 (0.2 – 2.2)
Puerto Rican 2.8 (0.0 – 8.1) 5.0 (1.5 – 8.5) 0.0 (0.0 – 0.0) 8.4 (1.7 – 15.1) 4.9 (0.0 – 14.3) 1.3 (0.0 – 3.8)
Cuban 4.3 (0.0 – 12.5) 1.7 (0.5 –2.9) 12.1 (0.0 – 33.7) 0.0 (0.0 – 0.0) 0.0 (0.0 – 0.0) 2.9 (1.9 – 3.9)
Other 4.4 (0.5 – 8.3) 3.7 (0.6 – 6.8) 2.4 (0.0 – 5.7) 2.3(0.3 – 4.3) 6.3 (0.0 – 13.4) 4.7 (0.0 – 10.2)
Whites 4.1 (3.3–4.9) 3.9 (3.1–4.7) 5.1 (3.7–6.5) 5.1 (3.7–6.5) 3.2 (2.4–4.0) 2.7 (1.7–3.7)
25–44 years Mexican 2.8 (1.4 – 4.2) 1.1 (0.7 –1.5) 3.0 (1.4 – 4.6) 1.6 (0.6 – 2.6) 2.5 (0.1 – 4.9) 0.7 (0.3 – 1.1)
Puerto Rican 4.9 (1.4 – 8.4) 3.3 (1.3 – 5.3) 4.8 (1.1 – 8.5) 5.4 (1.5 –9.3) 4.9 (0.0 – 11.0) 1.0 (0.0 – 2.2)
Cuban 4.3 (0.0 – 9.6) 1.0 (0.2 – 1.8) 8.6 (0.0 – 18.8) 1.6 (0.2 – 3.0) 0.0 (0.0 – 0.0) 0.4 (0.0 – 1.4)
Other 2.3 (0.7 – 3.9) 2.1 (0.9 – 3.3) 2.9 (0.5 – 5.3) 3.1 (1.5 – 4.7) 1.6 (0.0 – 3.6) 1.1 (0.0 – 2.5)
Whites 2.9 (2.5–3.3) 3.1 (2.7–3.5) 3.6 (3.2–4.0) 4.0 (3.4–4.6) 2.3 (1.9–2.7) 2.3 (1.7–2.9)
45–64 years Mexican 2.7 (0.3 – 5.1) 1.5 (0.5 – 2.5) 3.0 (0.0 – 6.9) 2.0(0.6 – 3.4) 2.4 (0.0 – 5.3) 1.0 (0.0 – 2.0)
Puerto Rican 1.8 (0.0 – 3.8) 7.1 (4.0 – 10.2) 3.7 (0.0 – 7.8) 6.7(2.8 – 10.6) 0.0 (0.0 – 0.0) 7.4 (2.1 – 12.7)
Cuban 0.8 (0.0 – 2.4) 1.5 (0.0 – 3.3) 1.3 (0.0 – 3.8) 3.3(0.0 – 7.0) 0.0 (0.0 – 0.0) 0.0 (0.0 – 0.0)
Other 4.1 (0.0 – 8.2) 2.3 (0.9 – 3.7) 5.3 (0.0 – 12.4) 2.8(0.6 – 5.0) 2.9 (0.0 – 6.8) 1.7 (0.0 – 3.5)
Whites 2.1 (1.7–2.5) 2.1 (1.7–2.5) 2.5 (1.9–3.1) 2.8 (2.2–3.4) 1.7 (1.3–2.1) 1.5 (1.1–1.9)
65 years and older Mexican 0.0 (0.0 – 0.0) 1.4 (0.0 – 2.8) 0.0 (0.0 – 0.0) 1.8(0.0 – 3.6) 0.0 (0.0 – 0.0) 0.9 (0.0 – 2.3)
Puerto Rican 2.2 (0.0 – 6.3) 2.0 (0.0 – 4.0) 3.2 (0.0 – 9.7) 3.6(0.3 – 6.9) 0.0 (0.0 – 0.0) 0.0 (0.0 –0.0)
Cuban 2.7 (0.0 – 7.4) 0.6 (0.2 – 1.0) 0.0 (0.0 – 0.0) 0.0(0.0 – 0.0) 5.9 (0.0 – 16.7) 1.2 (0.8 – 1.6)
Other 0.6 (0.0 – 1.8) 0.5 (0.0 – 1.1) 0.9 (0.0 – 2.7) 0.9(0.0 – 1.9) 0.0 (0.0 – 0.0) 0.0 (0.0 – 0.0)
Whites 0.5 (0.3–0.7) 0.6 (0.4–0.8) 0.6 (0.4–0.8) 0.9 (0.5–1.3) 0.3 (0.0–0.7) 0.2 (0.0–0.4)
Total (all age groups) Mexican 2.7 (1.7 – 3.7) 1.7 (1.1 – 2.3) 3.2 (1.8 – 4.6) 2.5(1.5 – 3.5) 2.2 (0.8 – 3.6) 0.9 (0.5 – 1.3)
Puerto Rican 3.5 (1.3 – 5.7) 4.4 (3.0 – 5.8) 3.5 (1.5–5.5) 6.0 (3.8 – 8.2) 3.5 (0.0 – 7.2) 2.7 (0.9 – 4.5)
Cuban 2.8 (0.6 – 5.0) 1.1 (0.5 –1.7) 4.0 (0.3 – 7.7) 1.5(0.3 – 2.7) 1.5 (0.0 – 4.2) 0.7 (0.3 – 1.1)
Other 3.0 (1.6 – 4.4) 2.3 (1.3 – 3.3) 3.1 (0.9 – 5.3) 2.7(1.7 – 3.7) 2.8 (0.8 – 4.8) 1.9 (0.5 – 3.3)
Whites 2.4 (2.2–2.6) 2.4 (2.2–2.6) 2.9 (2.5–3.3) 3.1 (2.7–3.5) 1.9(1.7–2.1) 1.7 (1.5–1.9)
Full sample (All races) 2.4 (2.3–2.6) 2.4 (2.2–2.6) 2.9 (2.7–3.1) 3.0 (2.8–3.2) 1.9 (1.7–2.1) 1.6 (1.4–1.8)