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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA Psychiatry. 2016 Oct 1;73(10):1072–1081. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2016.1870

Table 2.

Mortality Patterns and Change for Self-injury and Other Selected Leading Causes by Age in the United States From 1999 to 2014

Age, y SI D I/P KD




No. of Deaths Suicide, % Cumulative Deaths, % Rate per 100 000 Period Change, % Cumulative Deaths, % Rate per 100 000 Period Change, % SI:D Rate Ratio Cumulative Deaths, % Rate per 100 000 Period Change, % SI:I/P Rate Ratio Cumulative Deaths, % Rate per 100 000 Period Change, % SI:KD Rate Ratio
1999–2001

≤14 829 100 0.7 0.5 NA 0.1 0.1 NA 6.6 0.8 0.8 NA 0.5 0.5 0.3 NA 1.4

15–24 14924 79.5 12.6 12.6 NA 0.3 0.4 NA 31.9 1.1 0.5 NA 27.2 0.7 0.2 NA 59.2

25–34 21 805 68.6 30.1 18.2 NA 1.1 1.5 NA 12.1 1.6 0.9 NA 20.9 1.4 0.6 NA 30.2

35–44 33 255 59.1 56.8 24.6 NA 3.9 4.3 NA 5.7 3.3 2.3 NA 10.7 3.4 1.6 NA 15.0

45–54 25 255 65.2 77.1 22.2 NA 11.1 13.2 NA 1.7 6.0 4.6 NA 4.8 7.8 4.4 NA 5.1

55–64 10 900 84.0 85.8 14.9 NA 24.4 38.1 NA 0.4 10.3 11.2 NA 1.3 16.0 12.6 NA 1.2

65–74 7796 92.3 92.1 14.1 NA 48.5 91.2 NA 0.1 21.2 37.5 NA 0.4 34.9 38.4 NA 0.4

≥75 9801 91.8 100 19.6 NA 100 215.8 NA 0.1 100 302.0 NA 0.1 100 146.5 NA 0.1

All 124 605 71.6 NA 14.7 NA NA 24.7 NA 0.6 NA 22.6 NA 0.6 NA 13.3 NA 1.1

2012–2014

≤14 1133 100 0.5 0.6 36.7 0.1 0.1 −14.9 10.5 0.7 0.6 −26.4 1.0 0.2 0.2 −46.0 3.6

15–24 22 944 64.6 11.0 17.4 37.6 0.3 0.4 9.0 40.2 1.0 0.4 −11.4 42.2 0.4 0.1 −28.6 114.1

25–34 39 731 48.2 29.3 30.8 69.3 1.2 1.6 5.2 19.5 1.9 1.1 20.7 29.3 0.9 0.6 −5.4 54.1

35–44 40 460 49.5 47.8 33.3 35.5 3.7 4.8 11.2 6.9 3.5 2.2 −3.8 15.0 2.3 1.6 −2.0 20.8

45–54 51 757 50.7 71.6 39.4 77.1 11.6 13.5 1.8 2.9 7.7 5.2 11.3 7.6 6.6 4.6 6.8 8.5

55–64 36 436 59.3 88.3 30.9 107.3 28.8 33.0 −13.3 0.9 16.3 11.9 −6.5 2.6 17.1 12.5 −0.9 2.5

65–74 14 025 80.4 94.8 18.5 31.3 51.9 69.0 −24.3 0.3 29.6 28.5 −23.9 0.6 35.3 33.8 −11.8 0.5

≥75 11 433 90.0 100 19.5 −0.5 100 185.7 −14.0 0.1 100 196.0 −35.1 0.1 100 155.9 6.4 0.1

All 217 933 57.1 NA 23.1 57.0 NA 23.8 −3.7 1.0 NA 17.2 −24.1 1.3 NA 14.8 11.8 1.6

Abbreviations: D, diabetes; I/P, influenza/pneumonia; KD, kidney disease; NA, not applicable; SI, self-injury.