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Healthy People 2010 Objectives
Mental Health Status Improvement
18-1. Reduce the suicide rate.
Target: 5.0 suicides per 100,000 population.
Baseline: 11.3 suicides per 100,000 population occurred in 1998 (age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population).
Target setting method: Better than the best.
Data source: National Vital Statistics System (NVSS), CDC, NCHS.
| Suicides | |
| Total Population, 1998 | Rate per 100,000 |
| TOTAL | 11.3 |
| Race and ethnicity | |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 12.6 |
| Asian or Pacific Islander | 6.6 |
| Asian | DNC |
| Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander | DNC |
| Black or African American | 5.8 |
| White | 12.2 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 6.3 |
| Not Hispanic or Latino | 11.8 |
| Black or African American | 6.0 |
| White | 12.8 |
| Gender | |
| Female | 4.3 |
| Male | 19.2 |
| Education level (aged 25 to 64 years) | |
| Less than high school | 17.9 |
| High school graduate | 19.2 |
| At least some college | 10.0 |
| Age (not age adjusted) | |
| 10 to 14 years | 1.6 |
| 15 to 19 years | 8.9 |
| 20 to 24 years | 13.6 |
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.
