Table 3.

Age-Adjusted Mortality Rates for Suicides by Firearm and Hanging/Suffocation^a

Residential Location by Suicide Type and Sex	1996-1998	1999-2001	2002-2004	2005-2007	2008-2010	Slope	P Value
Firearm
Males
1 (Most urban)	6.84	6.13	5.50	4.93	4.42	−0.036	<.001
2	8.44	7.54	6.74	6.03	5.39	−0.037	<.001
3	8.96	8.21	7.52	6.88	6.31	−0.030	<.001
4	9.47	8.80	8.17	7.59	7.06	−0.025	<.001
5	9.25	9.11	8.97	8.83	8.70	−0.007	.29
6	11.90	10.70	9.62	8.66	7.78	−0.034	<.001
7	12.14	11.54	10.97	10.42	9.91	−0.019	<.001
8/9 (Most rural)	14.01	13.44	12.89	12.37	11.87	−0.014	.03
Females
1 (Most urban)	0.88	0.74	0.62	0.52	0.44	−0.057	<.001
2	1.12	0.96	0.82	0.70	0.60	−0.052	<.001
3	1.24	1.08	0.93	0.80	0.69	−0.051	<.001
4	1.28	1.07	0.90	0.75	0.63	−0.058	<.001
5	1.06	0.93	0.82	0.73	0.64	−0.044	.005
6	1.50	1.34	1.20	1.07	0.96	−0.036	<.001
7	1.57	1.42	1.28	1.16	1.05	−0.032	.01
8/9 (Most rural)	2.02	1.85	1.71	1.57	1.44	−0.021	.20
Hanging/Suffocation
Males
1 (Most urban)	3.24	3.46	3.70	3.95	4.21	0.022	<.001
2	3.58	3.81	4.05	4.31	4.59	0.022	<.001
3	3.41	3.72	4.05	4.42	4.82	0.029	<.001
4	3.39	3.75	4.15	4.59	5.08	0.034	<.001
5	3.07	3.60	4.22	4.94	5.80	0.052	<.001
6	3.51	3.75	4.02	4.30	4.61	0.025	<.001
7	3.66	4.14	4.69	5.30	6.00	0.040	<.001
8/9 (Most rural)	4.03	4.60	5.25	6.00	6.85	0.045	<.001
Females
1 (Most urban)	0.64	0.77	0.92	1.11	1.33	0.061	<.001
2	0.64	0.79	0.96	1.17	1.43	0.066	<.001
3	0.61	0.75	0.92	1.14	1.41	0.068	<.001
4	0.63	0.75	0.90	1.08	1.29	0.060	<.001
5	0.59	0.74	0.93	1.18	1.48	0.074	<.001
6	0.57	0.72	0.92	1.18	1.50	0.083	<.001
7	0.67	0.86	1.11	1.44	1.86	0.087	<.001
8/9 (Most rural)	0.81	1.07	1.40	1.85	2.43	0.097	<.001

^aSuicide rates per 100 000 population aged 10 to 24 years.