MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly RepMMWR Morb. Mortal. Wkly. RepWRMorbidity and Mortality Weekly Report0149-21951545-861XCenters for Disease Control and Prevention307898766385711mm6807a710.15585/mmwr.mm6807a7ErratumErratum: Vol. 67, No. 45222201922220192222019687186186All material in the MMWR Series is in the public domain and may be used and reprinted without permission; citation as to source, however, is appreciated.PetersonC , StoneDM , MarshSM , Suicide rates by major occupational group—17 states, 2012 and 2015. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2018;67:1253–60. 10.15585/mmwr.mm6745a1

In Table 2 of the report “Suicide Rates by Major Occupational Group — 17 States, 2012 and 2015,” on page 1255, some percentages were calculated using records with Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) codes as the denominator rather than all suicide decedents aged 16–64 years. The corrected Table 2 follows. The ranking of occupational groups by suicide rate is unaffected by this correction. On page 1254, the first sentence of the second complete paragraph should have read, “In both 2012 and 2015, the largest percentage of male suicides (15%–16% of decedents) occurred among those in the Construction and Extraction group (SOC 47) (Table 2); the largest percentage of female suicides in both years occurred among decedents with unpaid occupations (29%). The largest percentage of female suicides among classifiable occupations occurred in the Office and Administrative Support group (SOC 43) in both years (9% and 10%).”

Number and percentage of suicide decedents* in Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) major group, by year and sex — National Violent Death Reporting System, 17 states,<sup>†</sup> 2012 and 2015
SOC codeOccupational groupMale
Female
2012 no. (%)2015 no. (%)2012 no. (%)2015 no. (%)
11
Management
534 (7)
611 (7)
117 (5)
118 (4)
13
Business and Financial Operations
155 (2)
145 (2)
81 (3)
84 (3)
15
Computer and Mathematical
208 (3)
237 (3)
22 (1)
32 (1)
17
Architecture and Engineering
172 (2)
167 (2)
10 (<1)
15 (1)
19
Life, Physical, and Social Science
56 (1)
52 (1)
15 (1)
21 (1)
21
Community and Social Service
41 (1)
48 (1)
39 (2)
40 (1)
23
Legal
54 (1)
49 (1)
34 (1)
29 (1)
25
Education, Training, and Library
91 (1)
87 (1)
82 (3)
84 (3)
27
Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media
140 (2)
186 (2)
54 (2)
76 (3)
29
Health Care Practitioners and Technical occupations
145 (2)
169 (2)
220 (9)
225 (8)
31
Health Care Support
35 (<1)
34 (<1)
97 (4)
124 (5)
33
Protective Service
232 (3)
226 (3)
29 (1)
32 (1)
35
Food Preparation and Serving Related
214 (3)
301 (3)
112 (4)
154 (6)
37
Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance
316 (4)
315 (4)
36 (1)
46 (2)
39
Personal Care and Service
81 (1)
85 (1)
98 (4)
102 (4)
41
Sales and Related
555 (7)
553 (6)
170 (7)
212 (8)
43
Office and Administrative Support
244 (3)
260 (3)
234 (9)
268 (10)
45
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry
68 (1)
71 (1)
7 (<1)
5 (<1)
47
Construction and Extraction
1,216 (15)
1,404 (16)
12 (<1)
17 (1)
49
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair
549 (7)
621 (7)
8 (<1)
NR (<1)
51
Production
605 (7)
679 (8)
64 (3)
81 (3)
53
Transportation and Material Moving
736 (9)
817 (9)
52 (2)
39 (1)
NA
Military
228 (3)
203 (2)
15 (1)
13 (<1)
NA
Unpaid
822 (10)
913 (11)
724 (29)
795 (29)
NAInsufficient Information to Classify Occupation651 (8)425 (5)177 (7)123 (4)

Abbreviations: NA = not assigned; NR = not reported because cell size <5.

* Aged 16–64 years; column percentages do not sum to 100% because of rounding.

† Alaska, Colorado, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Utah, Virginia, and Wisconsin.