QuickStats: Age-Adjusted Rate for Suicide, by Sex — National Vital Statistics System (U.S.), United States, 1975–2015

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• Alternative Title:
  Age-Adjusted Rate for Suicide, by Sex — National Vital Statistics System (U.S.), United States, 1975–2015
• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
• Description:
  There was an overall decline of 24% in the age-adjusted suicide rate from 1977 (13.7 per 100,000) to 2000 (10.4). The rate increased in most years from 2000 to 2015. The 2015  suicide rate (13.3) was 28% higher than in 2000. The rates for males and females  followed the overall pattern; however, the rate for males was approximately 3-5 times higher than the rate for females throughout the study period.
• Subjects:
  Quick Stats
• Source:
  MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 66(10):285.
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  0149-2195 (print) ; 1545-861X (digital)
• Document Type:
  Charts, Diagrams, Etc.
• Genre:
  QuickStats
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  1 pdf page
• Volume:
  66
• Issue:
  10
• Collection(s):
  National Center for Health Statistics Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:3a4d3b7c118e2e5f8de3eff5db207ec9c69606d342e9edb87f9f4ff9846bd8b661c3b66af882562e2d1b7979c9641f17fc9e8ba4c5db9519ffe26432f8cffe1a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/55741/cdc_55741_DS1.pdf
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