Table 1.

Demographic and insurance characteristics for Blacks (n = 759) and Whites (n = 5388) with suicidal attempt.

	Blacks		Whites		All
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Gender
Male	297	39.13	2046	37.97	2343	38.12
Female	462	60.87	3342	62.03	3804	61.88
Age
18–30	270	35.57	2002	37.16	2272	36.96
31–40	90	11.86	671	12.45	761	12.38
41–50	106	13.97	661	12.27	767	12.48
51–60	65	8.56	486	9.02	551	8.96
61–70	27	3.56	133	2.47	160	2.60
71–80	0	0.00	33	0.61	35	0.57
Other	194	25.56	1402	26.02	1596	26.05
Insurance
Private Insurance *	260	34.26	3233	60.00	3493	56.82
Self-Pay *	45	5.93	454	8.43	499	8.12
Medicaid *	346	45.59	1373	25.48	1719	27.96
Medicare *	115	15.15	524	9.73	639	10.40
Other Governmental Insurance *	47	6.19	206	3.82	253	4.12
Workers Compensation	0	0.00	15	0.28	15	0.24
Other	<10	-	106	1.97	115	1.87
Unknown	25	3.29	82	1.52	107	1.74

* p < 0.05.