QuickStats: Age-Adjusted Suicide Rates,*,† by Race/Ethnicity — National Vital Statistics System, United States, 2015–2016

Weekly / April 13, 2018 / 67(14);433

The figure above is a bar chart comparing the age-adjusted suicide rate by race/ethnicity for the U.S. population for 2015 with 2016. Overall, the rate increased from 13.3 per 100,000 to 13.5. The rate increased from 5.8 to 6.3 for non-Hispanic blacks and from 6.2 to 6.7 for Hispanics. In both 2015 and 2016, the non-Hispanic white rate was nearly three times the non-Hispanic black rate and 2.5 times the rate for the Hispanic population.

* Deaths per 100,000 population are age-adjusted to the 2000 U.S. standard population.

† As underlying cause of death, suicide is identified with International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision codes X60–X84, Y87.0, and also code U03.

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From 2015 to 2016, the age-adjusted suicide rate for the total U.S. population increased from 13.3 per 100,000 standard population to 13.5 (an increase of 1.5%). The rate increased from 5.8 to 6.3 (8.6%) for non-Hispanic blacks and from 6.2 to 6.7 (8.1%) for Hispanics; it remained unchanged for non-Hispanic whites. In both 2015 and 2016, the non-Hispanic white rate was nearly three times the non-Hispanic black rate and 2.5 times the rate for the Hispanic population.

Source: National Vital Statistics System. Underlying cause of death data, 1999–2016. https://wonder.cdc.gov/ucd-icd10.html.

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Reported by: Jiaquan Xu, MD, jiaquanxu@cdc.gov, 301-458-4086