18-1.
Reduce the suicide rate.
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18-1. | |
Reduce the suicide rate. |
Target: 5.0 suicides per 100,000 population.
Baseline: 11.3 suicides per 100,000 population occurred in 1998 (age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population).
Target setting method: Better than the best.
Data source: National Vital Statistics System (NVSS), CDC, NCHS.
|
Total Population, 1998 |
Suicides |
|
Rate per 100,000 |
|
|
TOTAL |
11.3 |
|
Race and ethnicity |
|
|
American Indian or Alaska Native |
12.6 |
|
Asian or Pacific Islander |
6.6 |
|
Asian |
DNC |
|
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander |
DNC |
|
Black or African American |
5.8 |
|
White |
12.2 |
|
|
|
|
Hispanic or Latino |
6.3 |
|
Not Hispanic or Latino |
11.8 |
|
Black or African American |
6.0 |
|
White |
12.8 |
|
Gender |
|
|
Female |
4.3 |
|
Male |
19.2 |
|
Education level (aged 25 to 64 years) |
|
|
Less than high school |
17.9 |
|
High school graduate |
19.2 |
|
At least some college |
10.0 |
|
Age (not age adjusted) |
|
|
10 to 14 years |
1.6 |
|
15 to 19 years |
8.9 |
|
20 to 24 years |
13.6 |
DNA = Data have not been analyzed. DNC = Data are not
collected. DSU = Data are statistically unreliable.
Note: Age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population.