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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Epidemiol. 2014 May 23;24(8):588–592.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2014.05.008

Table 1.

Characteristics of NVDRS suicide decedents and NESARC participants

NVDRS (n = 52,276) NESARC (n = 43,093)
Gender
   Men 76.9 47.9
   Women 23.2 52.1
Age
   18-21 4.1 5.9
   21-24 6.8 7.1
   25-29 8.4 8.8
   30-34 8.4 9.7
   35-39 9.5 10.4
   40-44 11.3 10.8
   45-49 12.4 10.0
   50-54 11.6 8.8
   55-59 8.7 6.9
   60-64 5.8 5.4
   65-69 3.8 4.6
   70-74 2.9 4.3
   ≥ 75 6.4 7.4
Race/ethnicity
   White 85.1 70.9
   African American 6.8 11.1
   AI/AN 1.5 2.1
   Asian/PI 1.8 4.4
   Hispanic 4.8 11.6
Metropolitan status (MSA)
   Non-MSA 17.6 19.7
   MSA 82.4 80.3

AI/AN: American Indian/ Alaska Native; PI: Pacific Islander NVDRS: National Violent Death Reporting System; NESARC: National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions