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Table 2 Gun Suicides, 1999 to 2019, by County Urbanization, Sex, Age, and Race/Ethnicity

From: Achieving health equity in US suicides: a narrative review and commentary

  

METRO

  

NON METRO

 

Population

Gun Suicides

All Suicides

% Gun Suicides

Gun Suicides

All Suicides

% Gun Suicides

6–12 yo M

0.10

0.43

22.4

0.21

0.56

37.8

13–18 yo M

3.87

8.18

47.3

7.57

12.77

59.3

19–24 yo M

10.51

20.72

50.7

17.41

29.01

60.0

25–35 yo M

9.98

21.35

46.8

17.83

32.70

54.5

36–50 yo M

11.34

24.32

46.6

19.77

33.66

58.7

51–70 yo M

14.86

25.21

58.9

22.27

30.41

73.2

71–85 + yo M

25.41

32.81

77.5

37.38

42.16

88.7

AIAN M

8.29

19.63

42.2

16.26

36.22

44.9

NHW M

12.77

22.85

55.9

18.37

27.68

66.4

NHB M

5.67

10.22

55.5

5.94

9.25

64.2

API M

2.50

8.87

28.2

4.47

13.50

33.1

HISP M

4.11

9.85

41.7

7.07

13.55

52.1

All Males

10.19

18.63

54.7

16.58

25.37

65.4

6–12 yo F

0.02

0.18

10.6

0.04

0.21

17.2

13–18 yo F

0.63

2.85

22.2

1.13

3.62

31.0

19–24 yo F

1.23

4.33

28.3

1.93

5.00

38.6

25–35 yo F

1.61

5.41

29.9

2.88

7.22

39.9

36–50 yo F

2.24

7.78

28.8

4.10

9.92

41.3

51–70 yo F

2.27

7.47

30.4

3.64

7.64

47.7

71–85 + yo F

1.33

4.23

31.3

1.80

3.47

51.8

AIAN F

1.46

6.21

23.5

2.27

9.72

23.4

NHW F

1.94

6.28

30.8

2.77

6.34

43.7

NHB F

0.59

2.08

28.3

0.59

1.54

38.1

API F

0.34

3.44

9.8

0.92

4.33

21.1

HISP F

0.45

2.16

20.8

0.71

2.53

28.1

All Females

1.43

4.92

29.1

2.47

5.82

42.3

  1. All data is age adjusted deaths per 100,000 (rate), except % suicides by gun. All data is cumulative 1999 to 2019
  2. Italics: Rate is based on 20 or fewer deaths (n = 17 deaths in this case) and may be unstable. Interpret with caution
  3. Data source: https://wonder.cdc.gov/ucd-icd10.html