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. 2019 Sep 24;26(5):439–447. doi: 10.1136/injuryprev-2019-043371

Table 3.

Patterns and change for self-injury mortality (SIM) by race/ethnicity, age and sex, USA, 2008 versus 2017

White (non-Hispanic) Black (non-Hispanic) Hispanic
No. Deaths Cumulative Deaths, % Rate* Period Change, % SIM: SRR† YLL‡ No. Deaths Cumulative Deaths, % Rate* Period Change, % SIM:
SRR†
YLL‡ No. Deaths Cumulative Deaths, % Rate* Period Change, % SIM:
SRR†
YLL‡
Age, years Male, 2008
0–14 108 0.3 0.6 NA 1.0 33.6 22 0.6 0.5 NA 1.00 29.0 13 0.3 0.2 NA 1.00 35.5
15–24 4692 12.1 35.7 NA 1.85 33.5 489 14.1 14.8 NA 1.17 28.9 632 17.5 14.2 NA 1.49 35.4
25–34 6891 29.4 57.7 NA 2.15 30.3 641 31.8 25.6 NA 1.55 26.5 907 42.2 21.0 NA 1.94 32.7
35–44 8029 49.5 59.4 NA 1.90 25.7 769 53.1 30.3 NA 2.38 22.9 905 66.7 25.3 NA 2.16 29.1
45–54 9974 74.6 63.5 NA 1.81 21.0 959 79.6 38.2 NA 3.56 19.2 724 86.4 28.8 NA 2.37 25.1
55–64 5343 88.0 42.0 NA 1.38 15.9 520 93.9 32.4 NA 3.77 15.0 289 94.3 21.1 NA 1.99 20.6
65–74 2286 93.8 30.1 NA 1.11 12.7 147 98 18.2 NA 1.77 11.5 117 97.4 17.5 NA 1.24 18.0
75+ 2486 100 41.7 NA 1.06 12.5 73 100 15.5 NA 1.30 12.7 94 100 23.1 NA 1.09 17.9
All 39 809 NA 40.6 NA 1.67 3620 NA 19.6 NA 2.10 3681 NA 15.1 NA 1.88
Male, 2017
0–14 227 0.4 1.4 125.4 1.00 35.4 46 0.6 1.0 108.6 1.00 28.9 61 0.8 0.8 314.9 1.00 39.3
15–24 6126 10.2 50.1 40.4 1.84 35.2 830 10.4 24.7 66.9 1.47 28.7 1232 17.1 24.6 73.1 1.58 39.1
25–34 14 090 32.9 108.3 87.7 3.11 32.5 1700 30.6 53.2 107.6 2.61 26.7 1995 43.4 40.8 93.8 2.51 35.9
35–44 12 164 52.4 102.7 73 2.77 27.1 1566 49.3 61.8 104.1 4.00 23.1 1729 66.2 39.8 57.3 3.04 31.1
45–54 12 058 71.8 89.4 40.7 2.26 21.7 1869 71.5 74.5 94.9 5.90 19.4 1449 85.4 41.7 44.5 3.18 26.4
55–64 9992 87.9 68.5 63.0 1.85 16.7 1766 92.5 78.8 143.7 9.44 15.5 749 95.3 32.8 55.5 2.77 21.6
65–74 4143 94.6 38.5 28.2 1.26 12.8 532 98.9 42.9 136.4 4.93 11.4 236 98.4 20.3 16.4 1.77 18.0
75+ 3373 100 48.6 16.5 1.05 12.5 96 100 15.0 −3.5 1.65 12.7 123 100 18.5 −19.6 1.13 17.8
All 62 174 NA 62.7 54.5 2.09 8405 NA 41.2 109.6 3.62 7575 NA 25.4 68.1 2.39
Female, 2008
0–14 40 0.2 0.2 NA 1.00 36.9 8 0.6 0.2 NA 1.00 34.8 9 1.0 0.1 NA 1.00 41.4
15–24 1111 7.2 8.8 NA 2.24 36.7 121 9.5 3.7 NA 1.44 34.6 140 15.9 3.5 NA 1.61 41.2
25–34 2188 21.0 18.5 NA 2.82 34.7 185 23.1 6.7 NA 2.37 32.7 189 36.2 4.9 NA 2.28 38.4
35–44 3772 44.7 28.1 NA 2.78 31.2 343 48.3 12.0 NA 4.97 30.0 221 59.8 6.5 NA 2.76 35.0
45–54 5116 76.8 32.1 NA 2.80 26.3 464 82.4 16.3 NA 8.29 25.8 238 85.3 9.5 NA 3.01 31.0
55–64 2362 91.7 17.8 NA 2.08 19.6 174 95.2 9.0 NA 7.56 19.7 83 94.2 5.5 NA 2.86 25.0
65–74 701 96.1 8.2 NA 1.61 14.6 44 98.5 4.0 NA 2.93 15.0 31 97.5 3.7 NA 2.82 21.5
75+ 626 100 6.7 NA 1.64 13.7 21 100 2.3 NA 2.33 15.1 23 100 3.6 NA 1.92 20.9
All 15 916 NA 15.7 NA 2.47 1360 NA 6.7 NA 3.98 934 NA 4.0 NA 2.4
Female, 2017
0–14 101 0.4 0.6 170.3 1.00 38.7 20 0.6 0.4 149.1 1.00 35.8 30 1.5 0.4 193.8 1.00 46.0
15–24 1885 8.0 16.3 84.6 2.53 38.5 295 10.2 9.1 145.0 2.03 35.6 350 18.7 7.4 109.2 1.75 45.6
25–34 4911 27.3 38.8 109.4 4.24 36.3 574 28.9 17.4 161.5 4.07 33.4 510 43.8 11.5 136.0 3.04 42.1
35–44 5160 48.4 44.1 57.1 3.74 31.7 614 48.8 21.7 81.0 4.95 29.8 439 65.4 10.6 63.8 3.25 36.9
45–54 5972 72.4 44 37.0 3.09 26.4 801 74.8 28.1 72.7 9.89 25.8 398 85.0 11.6 22.6 3.16 32.1
55–64 4700 91.3 30.7 73.0 2.67 20.4 626 95.1 23.5 162.2 9.07 20.7 217 95.7 9.0 62.9 3.74 26.5
65–74 1471 97.2 12.4 51.6 1.67 14.8 120 99.0 7.3 81.8 5.00 15.1 60 98.6 4.3 16.6 2.22 21.7
75+ 692 100 7.1 5.3.0 1.56 13.7 30 100 2.6 13.9 2.50 15.1 28 100 2.8 −22.5 2.00 20.9
All 24 893 NA 24.4 55.8 2.96 3080 NA 13.9 106.2 5.00 2032 NA 7.0 75.1 2.68

*Rate per 100 000 population. The CDC cautions that rates based on cases fewer than 20 may be unstable.

†Self-injury mortality-to-suicide rate ratio.

‡Projected ‘years of life lost’ at exact age at the beginning of the age interval.