QuickStats: Age-Adjusted Rates of Firearm-Related Suicide, by Race, Hispanic Origin, and Sex — National Vital Statistics System (U.S.), U.S. 2019

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• Alternative Title:
  Age-Adjusted Rates of Firearm-Related Suicide, by Race, Hispanic Origin, and Sex — National Vital Statistics System (U.S.), U.S. 2019
• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Personal Author:
  Matthew F. Garnett, ; Merianne R. Spencer, ; Hedegaard, Holly
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
• Description:
  In 2019, among males, non-Hispanic White males had the highest age-adjusted rate of firearm-related suicide at 15.8 per 100,000 population, followed by non-Hispanic American Indian or Alaskan Native males (11.2), non-Hispanic Black males (6.9), Hispanic males (4.6), and non-Hispanic Asian or Pacific Islander males (3.2). Among females, non-Hispanic White and non-Hispanic American Indian or Alaskan Native females had the highest rates (2.6 and 2.2, respectively), followed by non-Hispanic Black females (0.8), Hispanic females (0.6), and non-Hispanic Asian or Pacific Islander females (0.4). Males had higher rates than females across all race and Hispanic origin groups.
  
  Source: National Vital Statistics System (U.S.), Mortality Data, 2019. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/deaths.htm
  
  Reported by: Matthew F. Garnett, MPH, Mgarnett@cdc.gov, 301-458-4077; Merianne R. Spencer, MPH; Holly Hedegaard, MD.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Disease Notification Epidemiology Public Health Public Health Surveillance
• Source:
  MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 70(41):1455
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  0149-2195 (print) ; 1545-861X (digital)
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Genre:
  QuickStats ; Statistics
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  1 pdf page
• Volume:
  70
• Issue:
  41
• Collection(s):
  National Center for Health Statistics Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
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