Table 1 Decedent characteristics by race/ethnicity and manner of death, United States, 2003-2005
From: Race/ethnicity and potential suicide misclassification: window on a minority suicide paradox?
| Â | Â | White | Black | Hispanic | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Characteristic | Suicide (n = 80,235) | Undetermined* (n = 10,962) | Suicide (n = 5,707) | Undetermined* (n = 1,856) | Suicide (n = 6,276) | Undetermined* (n = 910) | |
Male | 79.2% | 61.0% | 82.0% | 69.2% | 84.5% | 72.1% | |
Age (years) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
| Â | 15-34 | 25.1% | 27.2% | 49.0% | 23.8% | 50.9% | 41.9% |
| Â | 35-54 | 43.2 | 57.2 | 35.9 | 62.3 | 34.4 | 46.6 |
| Â | 55-74 | 21.4 | 11.6 | 11.7 | 11.5 | 11.0 | 8.7 |
| Â | 75+ | 10.3 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 2.4 | 3.8 | 2.9 |
Education (years) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
| Â | 0-8 | 4.0% | 4.0% | 3.8% | 4.7% | 18.9% | 16.8% |
| Â | 9-12 | 55.0 | 60.7 | 59.9 | 68.7 | 58.0 | 58.1 |
| Â | 13+ | 36.1 | 28.8 | 27.2 | 18.2 | 19.1 | 15.9 |
| Â | unknown | 4.9 | 6.5 | 9.1 | 8.5 | 4.0 | 9.0 |
Psychiatric Documentation | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
| Â | none | 93.0% | 97.2% | 96.8% | 98.8% | 97.3% | 97.8% |
Mode of Injury | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
| Â | less active** | 22.3% | 92.9% | 19.0% | 92.5% | 16.6% | 85.2% |