Table 3.

Unadjusted frequency of suicide attempt by levels of suicidal ideation for different racial and ethnic groups of patients. Frequency of suicidal ideation in the past two weeks is measured using the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ9) item 9 response categories of “not at all”, “several days”, “more than half the days”, or “nearly every day”. Data are presented as frequency (n).

	Not at All		Several Days		More than Half the Days		Nearly Every Day
	Responses	Attempts	Responses	Attempts	Responses	Attempts	Responses	Attempts
Non-Hispanic white	658,475	0.14% (920)	93,891	0.50% (473)	29,734	0.95% (281)	19,596	1.73% (339)
Hispanic	174,585	0.05% (86)	13,013	0.35% (46)	4,407	0.36% (16)	3,287	0.58% (19)
Non-Hispanic black	67,763	0.06% (72)	7,773	0.30% (23)	3,333	0.51% (17)	2,289	1.00% (23)
Asian	52,647	0.06% (33)	5,073	0.59% (30)	1,783	0.70% (13)	1,010	0.40% (4)
Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	11,336	0.15% (17)	1,821	0.71% (13)	699	0.43% (3)	541	0.55% (3)
Native American/Alaskan Native	4,920	0.12% (6)	582	0.17% (1)	227	0.44% (1)	219	2.28% (5)
Other/Mixed/Unknown	54,162	0.14% (78)	9,613	0.30% (30)	3,310	0.63% (21)	2,196	0.77% (17)