Table 2.
Rates per 1,000,000 and Rate Ratios of Workplace and Non-workplace Suicides by Demographics: 2003–2010
| Workplace | Non-Workplace | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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|
|
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| Suicides (%) |
Total no. of workers |
Rate per 1,000,000 |
RR (95% CI) |
Suicides (%) |
Population | Rate per 1,000,000 |
RR (95% CI) |
|
| Gender | ||||||||
| Male | 1,626 (95) | 604,099, 800 | 2.7 |
15.3
(12.1, 18.5) |
213,916 (79) |
911,917,479 | 234.6 |
4.0
(4.0, 4.0) |
| Female | 93 (5) | 529,395,100 | 0.2 | 1 | 56,584 (21) | 965,027,298 | 58.6 | 1 |
| Age group (years) | ||||||||
| 16–24 | 100 (6) | 152,546,200 | 0.7 | 1 | 32,534 (12) | 307,880,355 | 105.7 | 1 |
| 25–34 | 225 (13) | 245,748,800 | 0.9 |
1.4
(1.1, 1.7) |
41,503 (15) | 318,872,403 | 130.2 |
1.2
(1.2, 1.2) |
| 35–44 | 425 (25) | 268,597,200 | 1.6 |
2.4
(1.9, 2.9) |
52,619 (20) | 342,250,953 | 153.7 |
1.5
(1.4, 1.5) |
| 45–54 | 560 (33) | 267,538,300 | 2.1 |
3.2
(2.5, 3.9) |
60,703 (22) | 346,506,137 | 175.2 |
1.7
(1.6, 1.7) |
| 55–64 | 307 (18) | 155,243,100 | 2.0 |
3.0
(2.3, 3.7) |
39,066 (14) | 259,059,685 | 150.8 |
1.4
(1.4, 1.4) |
| 65–74 | 85 (5) | 34,999,800 | 2.4 |
3.7
(2.6, 4.8) |
20,388 (8) | 158,404,106 | 128.7 |
1.2
(1.2, 1.2) |
| ≥75 | 17 (1) | 8,821,500 | 1.9 |
2.9
(1.4, 4.5) |
23,687 (9) | 143,971,138 | 164.5 |
1.6
(1.5, 1.6) |
| Racea | ||||||||
| White | 1,524 (89) | 933,337,200 | 1.6 |
2.5
(1.9, 3.1) |
245,174 (91) | 1,524,346,842 | 160.8 |
2.4
(2.4, 2.5) |
| Black | 80 (5) | 122,764,200 | 0.7 | 1 | 15,645 (6) | 235,449,985 | 66.4 | 1 |
| Asian, Pacific Islander, American Indian, Alaskan Native |
84 (5) | 62,526,000 | 1.3 |
2.1
(1.5, 2.6) |
9,681 (3) | 117,147,950 | 83.7 |
1.3
(1.2, 1.3) |
| Other, Unknown | 31 (2) | 14,867,500 | 2.1 |
3.2
(1.9, 4.0) |
– | – | – | – |
| Total | 1,719 (100) |
1,133,494,800 | 1.5 | – | 270,500 (100) |
1,876,944,777 | 144.1 | – |
Note: Boldface indicates statistical significance of rate ratios (p<0.05). Suicide totals and rates were generated by the authors with restricted access to CFOI microdata.
a
Original race categories for the CFOI: white; black or African American; American Indian or Alaskan Native; Asian; Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander; other (includes persons of multiple races); not reported or unknown. Original race categories for WISQARS: white; black; American Indian/Alaskan Native; Asian/Pacific Islander; and other.
CFOI, Census of Fatal Occupational Injury; RR, rate ratio; WISQARS, Web-Based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting Systems.