TABLE 1—
Number of Suicides and Suicide Rates per 100 000 Person-Years Among VHA Users, by Gender and Age: Fiscal Year (FY) 2000–FY2007
| FY2000 |
FY2001 |
FY2002 |
FY2003 |
FY2004 |
FY2005 |
FY2006 |
FY2007 |
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| Suicides, No. | Rate (95% CI) | Suicides, No | Rate (95% CI) | Suicides, No | Rate (95% CI) | Suicides, No | Rate (95% CI) | Suicides, No | Rate (95% CI) | Suicides, No | Rate (95% CI) | Suicides, No | Rate (95% CI) | Suicides, No | Rate (95% CI) | |
| All VHA users | ||||||||||||||||
| Total | 1453 | 39.0 (37.0, 41.0) | 1609 | 39.8 (37.9, 41.8) | 1741 | 39.4 (37.5, 41.2) | 1694 | 35.7 (34.1, 37.5) | 1692 | 34.3 (32.7, 36.0) | 1785 | 35.2 (33.6, 36.9) | 1855 | 35.8 (34.2, 37.5) | 1841 | 35.1 (33.5, 36.8) |
| Age 18–29 y | 47 | 27.0 (19.8, 35.3) | 32 | 19.5 (13.4, 26.8) | 46 | 29.7 (21.7, 38.9) | 41 | 26.6 (19.1, 35.4) | 52 | 31.4 (23.4, 40.4) | 40 | 21.3 (15.2, 28.3) | 71 | 33.6 (26.2, 41.8) | 64 | 26.9 (20.7, 33.8) |
| Age 30–64 y | 863 | 42.0 (39.2, 44.8) | 925 | 43.2 (40.5, 46.0) | 960 | 42.3 (39.7, 45.1) | 943 | 39.2 (36.7, 41.7) | 904 | 36.0 (33.7, 38.4) | 969 | 37.4 (35.0, 39.7) | 995 | 37.5 (35.2, 39.9) | 1024 | 37.9 (35.6, 40.3) |
| Age ≥ 65 y | 543 | 36.2 (33.2, 39.3) | 652 | 37.6 (34.8, 40.6) | 735 | 36.8 (34.2, 39.5) | 710 | 32.6 (30.2, 35.0) | 736 | 32.7 (30.4, 35.1) | 776 | 33.9 (31.6, 36.4) | 789 | 34.1 (31.7, 36.5) | 753 | 32.7 (30.4, 35.1) |
| Male VHA users | ||||||||||||||||
| Total | 1401 | 41.9 (39.8, 44.2) | 1566 | 43.1 (41.0, 45.3) | 1689 | 42.1 (40.1, 44.1) | 1653 | 38.2 (36.4, 40.1) | 1638 | 36.4 (34.7, 38.2) | 1724 | 37.3 (35.5, 39.1) | 1805 | 38.2 (36.5, 40.0) | 1791 | 37.5 (35.8, 39.3) |
| Age 18–29 y | 43 | 35.5 (25.7, 46.8) | 31 | 27.9 (19.0, 38.6) | 38 | 36.5 (25.9, 49.0) | 38 | 36.8 (26.1, 49.5) | 47 | 42.2 (31.0, 55.1) | 35 | 27.1 (18.9, 36.0) | 69 | 46.5 (36.2, 58.1) | 56 | 32.9 (24.8, 42.0) |
| Age 30–64 y | 819 | 46.0 (42.9, 49.2) | 888 | 47.8 (44.7, 51.0) | 927 | 46.9 (43.9, 50.0) | 908 | 43.1 (40.3, 45.9) | 858 | 39.0 (36.5, 41.7) | 924 | 40.7 (38.1, 43.3) | 952 | 41.0 (38.4, 43.6) | 986 | 41.8 (39.2, 44.5) |
| Age ≥ 65 y | 539 | 37.5 (34.4, 40.7) | 647 | 38.8 (35.9, 41.9) | 724 | 37.5 (34.8, 40.3) | 707 | 33.5 (31.1, 36.0) | 733 | 33.6 (31.2, 36.0) | 765 | 34.4 (32.0, 36.9) | 784 | 34.8 (32.4, 37.2) | 749 | 33.4 (31.1, 35.9) |
| Female VHA users | ||||||||||||||||
| Total | 52 | 13.3 (10.0, 17.2) | 43 | 10.6 (7.7, 14.0) | 52 | 12.7 (9.5, 16.4) | 41 | 9.8 (7.1, 13.1) | 54 | 12.5 (9.4, 16.0) | 61 | 13.7 (10.5, 17.4) | 50 | 11.0 (8.2, 14.3) | 50 | 10.6 (7.9, 13.8) |
| Age 18–29 y | 4 | 7.6 (2.1, 16.6) | 1 | 1.9 (0.1, 7.0) | 8 | 15.7 (6.8, 29.3) | 3 | 5.9 (1.2, 14.3) | 5 | 9.2 (3.0, 18.8) | 5 | 8.5 (2.8, 17.4) | 2 | 3.2 (0.4, 8.8) | 8 | 11.8 (5.1, 21.2) |
| Age 30–64 y | 44 | 16.1 (11.7, 21.1) | 37 | 13.0 (9.2, 17.5) | 33 | 11.3 (7.8, 15.5) | 35 | 11.7 (8.2, 15.9) | 46 | 14.8 (10.8, 19.3) | 45 | 14.0 (10.2, 18.3) | 43 | 13.0 (9.4, 17.2) | 38 | 11.1 (7.9, 14.9) |
| Age ≥ 65 y | 4 | 6.4 (1.7, 14.0) | 5 | 7.5 (2.4, 15.3) | 11 | 16.3 (8.1, 27.3) | 3 | 4.5 (0.9, 10.8) | 3 | 4.5 (0.9, 10.9) | 11 | 17.6 (8.8, 29.5) | 5 | 8.2 (2.7, 16.8) | 4 | 6.6 (1.8, 14.5) |
Note. VHA = Veterans Health Administration; CI = confidence interval.