Table 2.
Patterns and change in self-injury mortality (SIM) by race/ethnicity and age, USA, 2008 versus 2017
| White (non-Hispanic) | Black (non-Hispanic) | Hispanic | ||||||||||||||||
| No. of deaths | Cumulative deaths, % | Rate* | Period change, % | SIM: SRR† | YLL‡ | No. of deaths | Cumulative deaths, % | Rate* | Period change, % | SIM: SRR† |
YLL‡ | No. of deaths | Cumulative deaths, % | Rate* | Period change, % | SIM: SRR† |
YLL‡ | |
| Age, years | 2008 | |||||||||||||||||
| 0–14 | 148 | 0.3 | 0.4 | NA | 1.00 | 35.7 | 30 | 0.6 | 0.3 | NA | 1.00 | 32.2 | 22 | 0.5 | 0.2 | NA | 1.00 | 37.0 |
| 15–24 | 5803 | 10.7 | 22.5 | NA | 1.92 | 35.6 | 610 | 12.8 | 9.3 | NA | 1.22 | 32.1 | 772 | 17.2 | 9.2 | NA | 1.51 | 36.9 |
| 25–34 | 9079 | 27.0 | 38.2 | NA | 2.28 | 32.7 | 826 | 29.4 | 15.6 | NA | 1.68 | 29.7 | 1096 | 40.9 | 13.4 | NA | 1.99 | 34.8 |
| 35–44 | 11 801 | 48.1 | 43.8 | NA | 2.12 | 28.3 | 1112 | 51.8 | 20.6 | NA | 2.84 | 26.3 | 1126 | 65.3 | 16.1 | NA | 2.26 | 32.3 |
| 45–54 | 15 090 | 75.2 | 47.7 | NA | 2.06 | 23.4 | 1423 | 80.3 | 26.6 | NA | 4.38 | 22.4 | 962 | 86.2 | 19.2 | NA | 2.50 | 29.2 |
| 55–64 | 7705 | 89.1 | 29.6 | NA | 1.54 | 17.6 | 694 | 94.3 | 19.6 | NA | 4.31 | 17.4 | 372 | 94.3 | 12.9 | NA | 2.14 | 24.3 |
| 65–74 | 2987 | 94.4 | 18.5 | NA | 1.19 | 13.7 | 191 | 98.1 | 10.0 | NA | 1.95 | 13.5 | 148 | 97.5 | 9.8 | NA | 1.41 | 20.0 |
| 75+ | 3112 | 100 | 18.3 | NA | 1.02 | 13.2 | 94 | 100 | 6.9 | NA | 1.45 | 14.1 | 117 | 100 | 11.3 | NA | 1.19 | 19.5 |
| All | 55 725 | NA | 27.9 | NA | 1.84 | 4980 | NA | 12.9 | NA | 2.41 | 4615 | NA | 9.7 | NA | 1.97 | |||
| 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 0–14 | 328 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 137.1 | 1.00 | 37.2 | 66 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 119.4 | 1.00 | 32.4 | 91 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 265.2 | 1.00 | 42.6 |
| 15–24 | 8011 | 9.6 | 33.6 | 49.3 | 1.97 | 37.0 | 1125 | 10.4 | 17.0 | 83.3 | 1.58 | 32.2 | 1582 | 17.4 | 16.2 | 76.9 | 1.61 | 42.4 |
| 25–34 | 19 001 | 31.4 | 74.1 | 93.7 | 3.34 | 34.4 | 2274 | 30.2 | 35.0 | 123.9 | 2.87 | 30.1 | 2505 | 43.5 | 26.9 | 100.6 | 2.60 | 39.1 |
| 35–44 | 17 324 | 51.3 | 73.6 | 68.1 | 3.01 | 29.2 | 2180 | 49.1 | 40.7 | 97.4 | 4.23 | 26.3 | 2168 | 66.1 | 25.6 | 58.6 | 3.08 | 34.1 |
| 45–54 | 18 030 | 72.0 | 66.6 | 39.6 | 2.48 | 23.8 | 2670 | 72.4 | 49.9 | 87.7 | 6.71 | 22.5 | 1847 | 85.3 | 26.8 | 39.7 | 3.17 | 29.3 |
| 55–64 | 14 692 | 88.9 | 49.2 | 66.0 | 2.05 | 18.3 | 2392 | 93.2 | 48.8 | 149.4 | 9.34 | 18.1 | 966 | 95.3 | 20.5 | 58.9 | 2.94 | 24.1 |
| 65–74 | 5614 | 95.3 | 24.8 | 34.4 | 1.34 | 13.8 | 652 | 98.9 | 22.6 | 125.6 | 4.94 | 13.4 | 296 | 98.4 | 11.6 | 18.2 | 1.85 | 20.0 |
| 75+ | 4065 | 100 | 24.3 | 19.4 | 1.11 | 13.2 | 126 | 100 | 7.1 | 3.8 | 1.80 | 14.1 | 151 | 100 | 9.1 | −19.0 | 1.23 | 19.5 |
| All | 87 067 | NA | 43.3 | 55.1 | 2.28 | 11 485 | NA | 26.9 | 109.1 | 3.91 | 9606 | NA | 16.3 | 68.8 | 2.44 | |||
*Rate per 100 000 population.
†SIM-to-suicide rate ratio.
‡Projected ‘years of life lost’ at exact age at the beginning of the age interval.
SRR, suicide rate ratio; YLL, years of life lost.