TABLE 1. Number, percentage,* and rate† of suicides among persons aged ≥10 years,§ by decedent’s sex, age group, race/ethnicity, method used, and location in which injury occurred — National Violent Death Reporting System, 32 states,¶ 2016.
| Characteristic | Male |
Female |
Total |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. (%) |
Rate |
No. (%) |
Rate |
No. (%) |
Rate |
|
| Age group (yrs) | ||||||
| 10–14 |
168 (<1.0) |
2.8 |
90 (1.5) |
1.5 |
258 (<1.0)
|
2.2
|
| 15–19 |
927 (4.6) |
14.8 |
291 (4.9) |
4.8 |
1,218 (4.7)
|
9.9
|
| 20–24 |
1,781 (8.9) |
26.8 |
398 (6.8) |
6.3 |
2,179 (8.4)
|
16.8
|
| 25–29 |
1,760 (8.8) |
26.6 |
393 (6.7) |
6.1 |
2,153 (8.3)
|
16.5
|
| 30–34 |
1,595 (8.0) |
25.4 |
470 (8.0) |
7.5 |
2,065 (8.0)
|
16.5
|
| 35–44 |
3,051 (15.3) |
26.4 |
1,006 (17.1) |
8.6 |
4,057 (15.7)
|
17.4
|
| 45–54 |
3,624 (18.2) |
29.3 |
1,326 (22.5) |
10.4 |
4,950 (19.1)
|
19.7
|
| 55–64 |
3,378 (16.9) |
28.5 |
1,125 (19.1) |
8.8 |
4,503 (17.4)
|
18.3
|
| 65–74 |
1,913 (9.6) |
24.5 |
529 (9.0) |
5.9 |
2,442 (9.4)
|
14.6
|
| 75–84 |
1,190 (6.0) |
33.6 |
190 (3.2) |
4.1 |
1,380 (5.3)
|
16.8
|
| ≥85 |
573 (2.9) |
44.5 |
71 (1.2) |
2.8 |
644 (2.5)
|
17.0
|
| Unknown |
1 (<1.0) |
—** |
0 (0.0) |
— |
1 (<1.0)
|
—
|
|
Race/Ethnicity
| ||||||
| White, non-Hispanic |
16,542 (82.9) |
29.7 |
4,867 (82.6) |
8.4 |
21,409 (82.8)
|
18.8
|
| Black, non-Hispanic |
1,278 (6.4) |
12.5 |
340 (5.8) |
3.0 |
1,618 (6.3)
|
7.5
|
| American Indian/Alaska Native, non-Hispanic |
331 (1.7) |
42.8 |
123 (2.1) |
15.1 |
454 (1.8)
|
28.6
|
| Asian/Pacific Islander |
522 (2.6) |
12.1 |
220 (3.7) |
4.6 |
742 (2.9)
|
8.2
|
| Hispanic†† |
1,232 (6.2) |
13.2 |
311 (5.3) |
3.4 |
1,543 (6.0)
|
8.4
|
| Other |
56 (<1.0) |
— |
28 (<1.0) |
— |
84 (<1.0)
|
—
|
| Unknown |
0 (0.0) |
— |
0 (0.0) |
— |
0 (0.0)
|
—
|
|
Method
| ||||||
| Firearm |
11,046 (55.3) |
13.7 |
1,714 (29.1) |
2.0 |
12,760 (49.4)
|
7.8
|
| Hanging/strangulation/suffocation |
5,534 (27.7) |
6.9 |
1,660 (28.2) |
2.0 |
7,194 (27.8)
|
4.4
|
| Poisoning |
1,795 (9.0) |
2.2 |
1,940 (32.9) |
2.3 |
3,735 (14.4)
|
2.3
|
| Fall |
497 (2.5) |
0.6 |
185 (3.1) |
0.2 |
682 (2.6)
|
0.4
|
| Sharp instrument |
437 (2.2) |
0.5 |
92 (1.6) |
0.1 |
529 (2.0)
|
0.3
|
| Motor vehicle (e.g., car, bus, motorcycle, other transport vehicle) |
329 (1.6) |
0.4 |
139 (2.4) |
0.2 |
468 (1.8)
|
0.3
|
| Drowning |
153 (<1.0) |
0.2 |
106 (1.8) |
0.1 |
259 (1.0)
|
0.2
|
| Fire/burns |
75 (<1.0) |
0.1 |
26 (<1.0) |
<0.1 |
101 (<1.0)
|
0.1
|
| Blunt instrument |
6 (<1.0) |
— |
1 (<1.0) |
— |
7 (<1.0)
|
—
|
| Personal weapons (e.g., hands, feet, fists) |
1 (<1.0) |
— |
1 (<1.0) |
— |
2 (<1.0)
|
—
|
| Intentional neglect |
0 (0.0) |
— |
1 (<1.0) |
— |
1 (<1.0)
|
—
|
| Other (single method) |
41 (<1.0) |
— |
11 (<1.0) |
— |
52 (<1.0)
|
—
|
| Unknown |
47 (<1.0) |
— |
13 (<1.0) |
— |
60 (<1.0)
|
—
|
|
Location
| ||||||
| House/apartment |
14,423 (72.3) |
18.0 |
4,702 (79.8) |
5.6 |
19,125 (74.0)
|
11.6
|
| Natural area |
1,126 (5.6) |
1.4 |
192 (3.3) |
0.2 |
1,318 (5.1)
|
0.8
|
| Motor vehicle |
1,054 (5.3) |
1.3 |
229 (3.9) |
0.3 |
1,283 (5.0)
|
0.8
|
| Street/highway |
492 (2.5) |
0.6 |
103 (1.7) |
0.1 |
595 (2.3)
|
0.4
|
| Hotel/motel |
433 (2.2) |
0.5 |
140 (2.4) |
0.2 |
573 (2.2)
|
0.3
|
| Parking lot/public garage/public transport |
353 (1.8) |
0.4 |
74 (1.3) |
0.1 |
427 (1.7)
|
0.3
|
| Other location§§ |
1,878 (9.4) |
— |
372 (6.3) |
— |
2,250 (8.7)
|
—
|
| Unknown |
202 (1.0) |
— |
77 (1.3) |
— |
279 (1.1)
|
—
|
| Total | 19,961 (100) | 24.8 | 5,889 (100) | 7.0 | 25,850 (100) | 15.7 |
* Percentages might not total 100% due to rounding.
† Per 100,000 population.
§ Suicide is not reported for decedents aged <10 years, as per standard in the suicide prevention literature. Denominators for the suicide rates represent the total population aged ≥10 years.
¶ Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin. Illinois, Pennsylvania, and Washington collected data on ≥80% of violent deaths in the state, in accordance with requirements under which the state was funded. Denominators for the rates for these three states represent only the populations of the counties from which the data were collected.
** Rates are not reported when number of decedents is <20 or when characteristic response is “other” or “unknown.”
†† Includes persons of any race.
§§ Other location includes (in descending order): park/playground/sports or athletic area, jail/prison, railroad tracks, bridge, commercial/retail area, farm, hospital or medical facility, supervised residential facility, cemetery/graveyard/other burial ground, preschool/school/college/school bus, industrial or construction area, office building, abandoned house/building/warehouse, synagogue/church/temple, bar/nightclub, and other unspecified location.