Table 1 Population-weighted summary statistics for suicide mortality and contextual characteristics across all commuting zones, 1999–2001 and 2015–2017 (standard deviation in parentheses)
From: Ecological factors associated with suicide mortality among non-Hispanic whites
|  | 1999–2001 | 2015–2017 |
|---|---|---|
Mortality rate per 100 k (non-Hispanic white, ages 20–64) | 13.9 (5.7) | 19.9 (7.0) |
 Male | 23.4 (10.5) | 31.8 (12.0) |
 Female | 4.5 (3.4) | 8.1 (5.0) |
Mortality rate per 100 k (non-Hispanic white, ages 65+) | 14.1 (7.6) | 18.5 (7.5) |
 Male | 23.7 (14.3) | 29.3 (12.8) |
 Female | 4.6 (5.1) | 7.8 (5.6) |
Percent unemployed | 4.8 (1.3) | 4.1 (0.9) |
Percent of employment in manufacturing sector | 10.9 (5.1) | 7.5 (4.1) |
Percent of Non-Hispanic White population ages 25+ with a bachelor’s degree or highera | 25.9 (7.9) | 32.4 (9.0) |
Percent of the population ages 15+ married | 54.9 (3.4) | 48.8 (3.4) |
Total adherents to any religious denomination as percent of total population | 50.0 (11.4) | 48.3 (10.5) |
Percent of households owning a firearm (state-level) | 34.4 (11.8) | 34.4 (11.7) |
Licensed firearm sellers per 100,000 | 26.5 (19.4) | 23.5 (18.5) |
Score of restrictive gun laws (state-level) | 0.9 (0.9) | 0.9 (0.8) |
Annual opioid prescriptions per 100,000 | 77.7 (27.7) | 62.5 (21.4) |