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Table 1 Demographic Characteristics of Suicide Decedents by Alcohol and Firearm Involvement, National Violent Death Reporting System, 2015, United States

From: Alcohol policies, firearm policies, and suicide in the United States: a lagged cross-sectional study

 

Overall

Neither Firearm- nor Alcohol- Involved

Alcohol- Involved Only

Firearm- Involved Only

Alcohol- and Firearm- Involved

p-value

All Suicide Decedents

8996

3247 (36.1%)

1817 (20.2%)

2481 (27.6%)

1451 (16.1%)

 

Age

  < 21

656

313 (47.7%)

67 (10.2%)

234 (35.7%)

42 (6.4%)

<.0001

 21 to 29

1359

474 (34.9%)

318 (23.4%)

288 (21.2%)

279 (20.5%)

 

 30 to 39

1430

482 (33.7%)

365 (25.5%)

299 (20.9%)

284 (19.9%)

 

 40 to 49

1686

612 (36.3%)

422 (25.0%)

359 (21.3%)

293 (17.4%)

 

  > =50

3865

1366 (35.3%)

645 (16.7%)

1301 (33.7%)

553 (14.3%)

 

Sex

 Female

2285

1203 (52.6%)

538 (23.5%)

372 (16.3%)

172 (7.5%)

<.0001

 Male

6711

2044 (30.5%)

1279 (19.1%)

2109 (31.4%)

1279 (19.1%)

 

Race/Ethnicity

 White Non-Hispanic

7391

2534 (34.3%)

1433 (19.4%)

2178 (29.5%)

1246 (16.9%)

<.0001

 Black Non-Hispanic

426

182 (42.7%)

92 (21.6%)

74 (17.4%)

78 (18.3%)

 

 AI/AN Non-Hispanic

166

48 (28.9%)

54 (32.5%)

37 (22.3%)

27 (16.3%)

 

 Hispanic

616

267 (43.3%)

149 (24.2%)

121 (19.6%)

79 (12.8%)

 

 Other

397

216 (54.4%)

89 (22.4%)

71 (17.9%)

21 (5.3%)

 

Marital Status

 No

6068

2293 (37.8%)

1347 (22.2%)

1504 (24.8%)

924 (15.2%)

<.0001

 Yes

2786

895 (32.1%)

440 (15.8%)

945 (33.9%)

506 (18.2%)

 

Mental Health Problem

 No

4510

1344 (29.8%)

851 (18.9%)

1439 (31.9%)

876 (19.4%)

<.0001

 Yes

4486

1903 (42.4%)

966 (21.5%)

1042 (23.2%)

575 (12.8%)

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