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Table 5 Prevalence, prevalence ratios, and relative misreporting of selected comorbid mental disorders in black and Hispanic suicides using two data sources, United States

From: Discrepant comorbidity between minority and white suicides: a national multiple cause-of-death analysis

 

National Violent Death Reporting System*

Multiple Cause-of-Death Data**

Mental Disorder

Prevalence

Prevalence Ratio

Prevalence

Prevalence Ratio

 

White

Black/White

Hispanic/White

White

Black/White

Hispanic/White

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

Mood disorder/depression

34.7%

0.6

0.5

4.7%

0.4

0.3

Schizophrenia

4.2%

0.6

0.3

0.3%

1.7

0.7

 

Relative Misreporting of Prevalence in Multiple Cause-of-Death Data

 

Blacks

Hispanics

 

({5} - {2} ÷ {2}) × 100

({6} - {3} ÷ {3}) × 100

Mood disorder/depression

-33%

-40%

    

Schizophrenia

183%

133%

    
  1. * Data for 2004.
  2. **Data for 1999–2003.