Table 1. Individual Characteristics of Suicide Decedents Aged 5-11 Years in 37 US States and the District of Columbia, 2013-2017a.
| Demographics | Decedents, No. (%) |
|---|---|
| Age, y | |
| 5-9 | 12 (9.0) |
| 10-11 | 122 (91.0) |
| Mean (SD) | 10.6 (0.8) |
| Sex | |
| Male | 101 (75.4) |
| Female | 33 (24.6) |
| Race | |
| White | 79 (59.0) |
| Black | 43 (32.1) |
| Other | 12 (9.0) |
| Ethnicity | |
| Non-Hispanic | 109 (81.3) |
| Hispanic | 23 (17.2) |
| Other | 2 (1.5) |
Abbreviation: NVDRS, the National Violent Death Reporting System.
a
NVDRS participating states and years: Alaska, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Oregon, South Carolina, and Virginia (2003-2017); Colorado, Georgia, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, and Wisconsin (2004-2017); Kentucky, New Mexico, and Utah (2005-2017); Ohio (2011-2017); Michigan (2014-2017); Arizona, Connecticut, Hawaii, Kansas, Maine, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New York, and Vermont (2015-2017); Illinois, Indiana, Iowa. Pennsylvania, and Washington (2016-2017); and California, Delaware, District of Columbia, Nevada, Puerto Rico, and West Virginia (2017).