16.
Death Rates from Suicide, by Selected Characteristics: 1950 to 2003
re based on a continuous file of records received from the States. Rates per 100,000 population. For explanation of age-adjustment, see headnote, Table 108.
andard population based on the year 2000 standard; see Technical notes. Figures for 2000 are based on d data rounded to the nearest individual, so categories may not add to total or subtotals. See Appendix III]
1950 \1 1960 \1
1970
1980
1985
1990
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
13.2 11.4 (X) (X) 0.2 4.5 2.7 6.2 11.6 9.1 14.3 23.5 20.9 26.8 30.0 29.6 31.1 28.8
12.5 10.6 (X) (X) 0.3 5.2 3.6 7.1 12.2 10.0 14.2 22.0 20.7 23.7 24.5 23.0 27.9 26.0
13.1 11.6 (X) (X) 0.3 8.8 5.9 12.2 15.4 14.1 16.9 20.6 20.0 21.4 20.8 20.8 21.2 19.0
12.2 11.9 (X) (X) 0.4 12.3 8.5 16.1 15.6 16.0 15.4 15.9 15.9 15.9 17.6 16.9 19.1 19.2
12.5 12.4 (X) (X) 0.8 12.8 9.9 15.4 15.0 15.3 14.6 16.3 15.7 16.8 20.4 18.7 23.9 19.4
12.5 12.4 (X) (X) 0.8 13.2 11.1 15.1 15.2 15.2 15.3 15.3 14.8 16.0 20.5 17.9 24.9 22.2
11.8 11.7 (X) (X) 0.9 13.0 10.3 15.8 15.1 15.0 15.1 13.9 14.4 13.2 17.9 15.7 20.6 21.3
11.5 11.5 (X) (X) 0.8 11.8 9.6 14.2 14.8 14.0 15.5 14.3 14.7 13.5 17.1 14.9 19.9 20.0
11.2 11.2 (X) (X) 0.8 11.2 9.3 13.3 14.5 13.7 15.2 14.0 14.5 13.3 16.7 14.3 19.1 20.6
11.1 11.1 (X) (X) 0.8 10.9 8.8 13.2 14.3 13.2 15.3 13.9 14.6 12.9 16.8 14.0 19.6 21.1
10.5 10.5 (X) (X) 0.6 10.1 8.0 12.3 13.6 12.7 14.3 13.2 13.9 12.2 15.8 13.4 18.1 19.3
10.4 10.4 (X) (X) 0.7 10.2 8.0 12.5 13.4 12.0 14.5 13.5 14.4 12.1 15.2 12.5 17.6 19.6
10.7 10.8 (X) (X) 0.7 9.9 7.9 12.0 13.8 12.8 14.7 14.4 15.2 13.1 15.3 13.3 17.4 17.5
10.9 11.0 (X) (X) 0.6 9.9 7.4 12.4 14.0 12.6 15.3 14.9 15.7 13.6 15.6 13.5 17.7 18.0
10.8 10.8 (X) (X) 0.6 9.7 7.3 12.1 13.8 12.7 14.9 15.0 15.9 13.8 14.6 12.7 16.4 16.9
21.2 17.8 (X) (X) 0.3 6.5 3.5 9.3 17.2 13.4 21.3 37.1 32.0 43.6 52.8 50.5 58.3 58.3
20.0 16.5 (X) (X) 0.4 8.2 5.6 11.5 17.9 14.7 21.0 34.4 31.6 38.1 44.0 39.6 52.5 57.4
19.8 16.8 (X) (X) 0.5 13.5 8.8 19.3 20.9 19.8 22.1 30.0 27.9 32.7 38.4 36.0 42.8 42.4
19.9 18.6 (X) (X) 0.6 20.2 13.8 26.8 24.0 25.0 22.5 23.7 22.9 24.5 35.0 30.4 42.3 50.6
21.1 20.0 (X) (X) 1.2 21.0 15.8 25.7 23.7 24.7 22.3 25.3 23.6 27.1 40.9 33.9 53.1 56.2
21.5 20.4 (X) (X) 1.1 22.0 18.1 25.7 24.4 24.8 23.9 24.3 23.2 25.7 41.6 32.2 56.1 65.9
20.3 19.5 (X) (X) 1.3 22.0 17.1 27.0 24.4 24.8 24.0 22.2 22.5 21.8 36.2 28.5 44.9 62.7
19.8 19.0 (X) (X) 1.1 19.8 15.4 24.5 23.8 23.1 24.5 22.7 22.9 22.4 35.1 27.5 43.5 60.5
19.1 18.3 (X) (X) 1.1 18.6 14.9 22.7 23.2 22.5 23.8 22.1 22.1 22.1 33.8 26.1 41.1 61.0
18.9 18.2 (X) (X) 1.2 18.1 14.3 22.3 22.7 21.5 23.8 21.9 22.6 20.9 34.2 25.9 42.5 59.8
17.8 17.1 (X) (X) 0.9 16.8 13.0 20.8 21.6 20.7 22.4 20.8 21.5 19.8 32.2 24.7 38.8 57.1
17.7 17.1 (X) (X) 1.2 17.1 13.0 21.4 21.3 19.6 22.8 21.3 22.4 19.4 31.1 22.7 38.6 57.5
18.2 17.6 (X) (X) 1.0 16.6 12.9 20.5 22.1 21.0 23.1 22.5 23.4 21.1 31.5 24.6 37.8 51.1
18.4 17.9 (X) (X) 0.9 16.5 12.2 20.8 22.2 20.5 23.7 23.5 24.4 22.2 31.8 24.7 38.1 50.7
18.0 17.6 (X) (X) 0.9 16.0 11.6 20.2 21.9 20.6 23.2 23.5 24.4 22.3 29.8 23.4 35.1 47.8
5.6 5.1 (X) (X) 0.1 2.6 1.8 3.3 6.2 4.9 7.5 9.9 9.9 9.9 9.4 10.1 8.1 8.2
5.6 4.9 (X) (X) 0.1 2.2 1.6 2.9 6.6 5.5 7.7 10.2 10.2 10.2 8.4 8.4 8.9 6.0
7.4 6.6 (X) (X) 0.2 4.2 2.9 5.7 10.2 8.6 11.9 12.0 12.6 11.4 8.1 9.0 7.0 5.9
5.7 5.5 (X) (X) 0.2 4.3 3.0 5.5 7.7 7.1 8.5 8.9 9.4 8.4 6.1 6.5 5.5 5.5
5.2 5.2 (X) (X) 0.4 4.3 3.7 4.9 6.5 5.9 7.1 8.0 8.3 7.8 6.6 6.9 6.7 4.7
4.8 4.8 (X) (X) 0.4 3.9 3.7 4.1 6.2 5.6 6.8 7.1 6.9 7.3 6.4 6.7 6.3 5.4
4.3 4.3 (X) (X) 0.4 3.6 3.1 4.2 5.8 5.1 6.4 6.1 6.6 5.3 5.4 5.4 5.4 5.4
4.3 4.3 (X) (X) 0.4 3.5 3.5 3.6 5.7 4.9 6.6 6.3 6.9 5.5 4.8 4.8 4.9 4.3
4.3 4.3 (X) (X) 0.4 3.4 3.3 3.6 5.8 4.8 6.8 6.4 7.2 5.3 4.8 4.6 5.1 4.8
4.3 4.3 (X) (X) 0.4 3.3 2.8 3.7 5.8 4.7 6.8 6.3 6.9 5.5 4.7 4.3 4.9 5.7
4.0 4.0 (X) (X) 0.3 3.0 2.7 3.4 5.5 4.6 6.4 6.0 6.6 5.2 4.3 4.1 4.7 4.1
4.0 4.0 (X) (X) 0.3 3.0 2.7 3.2 5.4 4.3 6.4 6.2 6.7 5.4 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.2
4.0 4.1 (X) (X) 0.3 2.9 2.7 3.1 5.5 4.4 6.4 6.6 7.2 5.7 3.9 3.9 4.0 3.4
4.2 4.3 (X) (X) 0.3 2.9 2.4 3.5 5.8 4.6 6.9 6.7 7.4 5.7 4.1 4.1 4.2 3.8
4.2 4.3 (X) (X) 0.3 3.0 2.7 3.4 5.7 4.6 6.6 7.0 7.7 5.9 3.8 3.8 4.0 3.3
22.3
21.1
20.8
20.9
22.4
22.8
21.6
21.1
20.3
20.3
19.0
19.1
19.6
20.0
19.6
7.5
8.4
10.0
11.4
11.8
12.8
12.4
11.8
11.3
10.4
10.3
10.0
9.8
9.8
9.2
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
19.3
17.9
20.1
17.4
17.9
18.6
17.8
16.5
16.0
17.4
16.4
16.6
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
10.7
9.3
9.6
9.6
8.9
9.9
9.6
9.0
8.6
8.4
8.0
8.5
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
11.0
13.7
12.7
12.1
11.1
10.7
10.3
10.3
10.1
9.9
9.7
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
22.9
23.5
22.3
21.9
21.3
21.3
20.2
20.2
21.0
21.4
21.0
6.0
5.9
7.9
6.1
5.7
5.2
4.7
4.6
4.7
4.6
4.4
4.3
4.5
4.7
4.6
1.8
2.0
2.9
2.4
2.3
2.4
2.0
2.0
1.9
1.7
1.6
1.8
1.8
1.6
1.9
n Indian or Alaska Native female (NA) (NA) (NA) 4.7 4.1 3.6 3.9 5.1 4.0 4.7 4.0 3.8 4.0 4.1 3.5
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
5.5
5.0
4.1
4.1
3.9
3.8
3.5
3.4
2.8
2.9
3.0
3.1
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
1.9
2.3
2.0
2.2
1.7
2.0
1.9
1.7
1.6
1.8
1.7
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
6.1
5.4
4.9
4.8
5.1
5.0
4.7
4.7
4.9
5.1
5.0
udes deaths of persons who were not residents of the 50 States and the District of Columbia. udes data from States lacking an Hispanic-origin item on their death certificates. See Appendix I, National Vital Statistics System. of Hispanic origin may be any race. U.S. National Center for Health Statistics,
9/5/2009