Table 3.

Number And Percentage of Suicides With and Without Epilepsy(10 years old and older), by Decedent’s Sociodemographic Characteristics—U.S. National Violent Death Reporting System, 17 States, 2003–2011.

	Male				Female				Both Sexes
	With Epilepsy		Without Epilepsy		With Epilepsy		Without Epilepsy		With Epilepsy		Without Epilepsy
	N	% (95% CI)	N	% (95% CI)	N	% (95% CI)	N	% (95% CI)	N	% (95% CI)	N	% (95% CI)
Age Group (Years)
10–17	11	1.7 (0.9–3.1)	1,749	2.7 (2.6–2.9)	10	2.9 (1.4–5.3)	572	3.3 (3.0–3.5)	21	2.2 (1.3–3.3)	2,321	2.9 (2.7–3.0)
18–29	100	15.9 (13.1–19.0)	12,324	19.3 (19.0–19.6)	44	12.8 (9.5–16.8)	2,552	14.6 (14.1–15.1)	144	14.8 (12.6–17.2)*	14,876	18.3 (18.0–18.5)
30–39	95	15.1 (12.4–18.1)	10,617	16.6 (16.3–16.9)	78	22.7 (18.4–27.5)*	2,909	16.6 (16.1–17.2)	173	17.8 (15.4–20.4)	13,526	16.6 (16.4–16.9)
40–49	173	27.5 (24.0–31.2)*	13,472	21.1 (20.8–21.4)	106	30.9 (26.1–36.1)*	4,475	25.6 (25.0–26.3)	279	28.7 (25.9–31.7) *	17,947	22.0 (21.8–22.3)
50–59	147	23.4 (20.1–26.9)*	11,931	18.7 (18.4–19.0)	71	20.7 (16.5–25.4)	3,938	22.5 (21.9–23.2)	218	22.4 (19.8–25.2)	15,869	19.5 (19.2–19.8)
60–69	52	8.3 (6.2–10.7)	6,347	9.9 (9.7–10.2)	27	7.9 (5.3–11.2)	1,732	9.9 (9.5–10.4)	79	8.1 (6.5–10.0)	8,079	9.9 (9.7–10.1)
70 and Above	51	8.1 (6.1–10.5)*	7,506	11.7 (11.5–12.0)	7	2.0 (0.8–4.2)*	1,305	7.5 (7.1–7.9)	58	6.0 (4.6–7.6) *	8,811	10.8 (10.6–11.0)
Total	629		63,946		343		17483		972		81,429a
Race/Ethnicity
Non–Hispanic White	524	84.8 (81.7–87.5)	53,488	84.7 (84.4–85.0)	295	86.8 (82.7–90.2)	14,968	86.7 (86.2–87.2)	819	85.5 (83.1–87.7)	68,456	85.1 (84.9–85.4)
Non–Hispanic Black	37	6.0 (4.3–8.2)	4,595	7.3 (7.1–7.5)	15	4.4 (2.5–7.2)	899	5.2 (4.9–5.5)	52	5.4 (4.1–7.1)	5,494	6.8 (6.7–7.0)
Hispanic	35	5.7 (4.0–7.8)	3,049	4.8 (4.7–5.0)	18	5.3 (3.2–8.2)	614	3.6 (3.3–3.8)	53	5.5 (4.2–7.2)	3,663	4.6 (4.4–4.7)
Other	22	3.6 (2.2–5.3)	1,999	3.2 (3.0–3.3)	12	3.5 (1.8–6.1)	785	4.5 (4.2–4.9)	34	3.5 (2.5–4.9)	2,784	3.5 (3.3–3.6)
Total	618		63,131		340		17,266		958a		80,397a
Education
High School or Less	202	32.1 (28.5–35.9)	20,950	32.7 (32.4–33.1)	97	28.3 (23.6–33.4)	4,750	27.1 (26.5–27.8)	299	30.8 (27.9–33.8)	25,700	31.5 (31.2–31.8)
Some College	39	6.2 (4.4–8.4)	4,515	7.1 (6.9–7.3)	34	9.9 (7.0–13.6)	1,430	8.2 (7.8–8.6)	73	7.5 (5.9–9.4)	5,945	7.3 (7.1–7.5)
Undergraduate	55	8.7 (6.7–11.2)	4,929	7.7 (7.5–7.9)	39	11.4 (8.2–15.2)	1,858	10.6 (10.2–11.1)	94	9.7 (7.9–11.7)	6,787	8.3 (8.1–8.5)
Graduate Degree	11	1.7 (0.9–3.1)	1,576	2.5 (2.3–2.6)	6	1.7 (0.6–3.8)	540	3.1 (2.8–3.4)	17	1.7 (1.0–2.8)	2,116	2.6 (2.5–2.7)
Unknown	322	51.2 (47.2–55.2)	32,047	50.1 (49.7–50.4)	167	48.7 (43.3–54.1)	8,920	51.0 (50.2–51.7)	489	50.3 (47.1–53.5)	40,967	50.3 (49.9–50.6)
Total	629		64,017		343		17,498		972		81,515a
Marital Status
Married	216	34.9 (31.1–38.8)	23,666	37.4 (37.0–37.8)	115	33.8 (28.8–39.1)	6,362	36.7 (36.0–37.4)	331	34.5 (31.5–37.6)	30,028	37.2 (36.9–37.6)
Widowed/Divorced/	169	27.3 (23.8–31.0) †	17,526	27.7 (27.3–28.0)‡	129	37.9 (32.8–43.3)						2429.7 (29.4–
Separated							6,402	37.0 (36.2–37.7)	298	31.1 (28.2–34.1)	23,928	30.0)
Never Married	234	37.8 (34.0–41.8) †	22,112	34.9 (34.6–35.3)‡	96	28.2 (23.5–33.3)	4,561	26.3 (25.7–27.0)	330	34.4 (31.4–37.5)	26,673	33.1 (32.8–33.4)
Total	619		63,304		340		17,325		959a		80,629a

Abbreviation: 95% CI: 95% exact confidence interval for a percentage (based on the modified Clopper-Pearson CI for a proportion).

^*P<0.01 when comparing those with epilepsy to those without epilepsy in the same gender groups or both sex group.

^†P< 0.01 when comparing those with epilepsy in the female group.

^‡P< 0.01 when comparing those without epilepsy in the female group.

^aTotal number are fewer than 972 (suicides with epilepsy) or 81529 (suicides without epilepsy), respectively due to the missing data.