Table 1. Selected population and mortality characteristics: 17 National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) states and the United States, 2012.
| Characteristic | NVDRS States | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 95,297,084 | 314,112,078 |
| Age (years)a | Percentagea | |
| 0–14 | 19.5% | 19.5% |
| 15–34 | 27.2 | 27.5 |
| 35–54 | 27.3 | 27.0 |
| 55–74 | 20.1 | 19.9 |
| 75+ | 5.9 | 6.1 |
| Sexa | ||
| male | 49.1 | 49.2 |
| Race/ethnicitya | ||
| non-Hispanic White | 69.0 | 63.9 |
| non-Hispanic Black | 15.3 | 12.9 |
| Hispanic | 10.4 | 16.9 |
| Other | 5.3 | 6.3 |
| Manner of Deathb,c | ||
| homicide | 0.62 | 0.67 |
| suicide | 1.66 | 1.62 |
| accident | 5.33 | 5.12 |
| undetermined | 0.23 | 0.19 |
| natural causes | 92.15 | 92.40 |
| Death Rateb | per 100,000 population | |
| crude all cause | 819.6 | 810.2 |
| age-adjusted all cause | 756.6 | 732.8 |
| crude suicide | 13.4 | 12.9 |
| age-adjusted suicide | 13.0 | 12.6 |
| crude undetermined | 1.9 | 1.5 |
| age-adjusted undetermined | 1.8 | 1.5 |
a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. CDC WONDER. Percentage distributions computed from Bridged-Race Population Estimates 1990–2014 Results. Available from: https://wonder.cdc.gov/controller/datarequest/D116;jsessionid=4A645106A7C749B49849AFCCF48C13FB
b Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. CDC WONDER. About Underlying Cause of Death, 1999–2015. Available from: https://wonder.cdc.gov/ucd-icd10.html
c Percentages were annualized for 2011–2013