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Healthy People 2010 - With Annotations
Chapter 18
Mental Health Status Improvement
18-1. Reduce the suicide rate.
Target: 6.0 suicide deaths per 100,000 population.
Baseline: 10.8 suicide deaths per 100,000 population in 1998 (preliminary data; age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population).
Target setting method: Better than the best.
Data source: National Vital Statistics System (NVSS), CDC, NCHS.
| Total Population, 1997* | Suicide Rate per 100,000 |
| TOTAL | 11.4 |
| Race and ethnicity | |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 12.4 |
| Asian or Pacific Islander | 7.0 |
| Asian | DSU |
| Native Hawaiian - Pacific Islander | DSU |
| Black or African American | 6.3 |
| White | 12.3 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 6.4 |
| Not Hispanic or Latino | 11.9 |
| Black or African American | 6.5 |
| White | 12.8 |
| Gender | |
| Female | 4.4 |
| Male | 19.4 |
| Education level (aged 25 to 64 years) |
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| Less than high school | 18.4 |
| High school graduate | 18.9 |
| At least some college | 10.2 |
DNA = Data have not been analyzed. DNC = Data are not collected. DSU = Data are statistically unreliable.
Note: Age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population.
*New data for population groups will be added when available.
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Last modified: 10-Mar-2000.