. 2012 Mar;102(Suppl 1):S105–S110. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300503

TABLE 1—

Suicide Counts, At Risk Populations, and Suicide Rates Among Veteran Women, Overall and by Veterans Health Administration User Status: 16 National Violent Death Reporting System States, 2005–2008

Ages, y	All Veteran Women			VA Utilizer Women			VA Nonutilizer Women
Ages, y	Suicides, No.	Population, No.	Suicide Rate	Suicides, No.	Population, No.	Suicide Rate	Suicides, No.	Population, No.	Suicide Rate
2005
All	50	527 208	9.48	9	110 904	8.12^a	41	416 304	9.85
18–29	10	59 507	16.81^a	0	16 102	0.00^a	10	43 405	23.04^a
30–64	36	387 007	9.30	8	82 765	9.67^a	28	304 242	9.20
≥ 65	4	80 694	4.96^a	1	12 036	8.31^a	3	68 658	4.37^a
2006
All	65	536 668	12.11	16	114 654	13.96^a	49	422 014	11.61
18–29	9	59 280	15.18^a	2	16 931	11.81^a	7	42 349	16.53^a
30–64	53	396 950	13.35	13	85 751	15.16^a	40	311 199	12.85
≥ 65	3	80 438	3.73^a	1	11 972	8.35^a	2	68 466	2.92^a
2007
All	72	545 600	13.20	21	119 327	17.60	51	426 521	11.96
18–29	9	58 791	15.31^a	2	17 269	11.58^a	7	41 769	16.76^a
30–64	60	407 003	14.74	19	90 338	21.03^a	41	316 665	12.95
≥ 65	3	79 806	3.76^a	0	11 720	0.00^a	3	68 086	4.41^a
2008
All	55	517 566	10.63	18	118 812	15.15^a	37	398 754	9.28^a
18–29	9	58 614	15.35^a	4	15 988	25.02^a	5	42 626	11.73^a
30–64	43	376875	11.41	14	88 531	15.81^a	29	288 344	10.06
≥ 65	3	82 077	3.66^a	0	14 293	0.00^a	3	67 784	4.43^a

^{^a}

Rates based on small sample sizes must be interpreted with caution, as they are sensitive to small differences in counts.