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Table 43: Resident Deaths due to Suicide by Race/Ethnicity, Sex and Age
New York State 1999
Age at Death
Race/Ethnicity and Sex Total3 < 15 15-19 20-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75-84 85+
New York State
Total(1) 1,271 7 63 103 221 282 232 139 109 79 36
Male 988 5 49 86 180 229 172 104 81 52 30
Female 283 2 14 17 41 53 60 35 28 27 6
White 1,073 5 49 79 174 240 203 123 95 72 33
Male 848 4 41 67 144 197 153 93 72 48 29
Female 225 1 8 12 30 43 50 30 23 24 4
Black 131 0 12 18 33 29 19 10 7 2 1
Male 104 0 8 16 29 23 14 7 6 1 0
Female 27 0 4 2 4 6 5 3 1 1 1
Other 60 2 2 6 12 13 9 6 5 3 2
Male 31 1 0 3 5 9 5 4 1 2 1
Female 29 1 2 3 7 4 4 2 4 1 1
Hispanic(2) 106 1 8 13 27 28 8 12 7 2 0
Male 88 0 8 11 24 25 6 9 5 0 0
Female 18 1 0 2 3 3 2 3 2 2 0
New York State Exclusive of New York City
Total(1) 816 4 42 64 138 185 158 89 64 47 25
Male 652 4 35 56 118 148 114 71 52 34 20
Female 164 0 7 8 20 37 44 18 12 13 5
White 757 4 38 56 118 172 149 85 64 47 24
Male 611 4 33 49 101 139 110 69 52 34 20
Female 146 0 5 7 17 33 39 16 12 13 4
Black 47 0 3 8 17 10 4 4 0 0 1
Male 35 0 2 7 15 7 2 2 0 0 0
Female 12 0 1 1 2 3 2 2 0 0 1
Other 11 0 1 0 2 3 5 0 0 0 0
Male 5 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0
Female 6 0 1 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0
Hispanic(2) 21 0 2 2 6 5 3 1 2 0 0
Male 20 0 2 2 5 5 3 1 2 0 0
Female 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
New York City
Total(1) 455 3 21 39 83 97 74 50 45 32 11
Male 336 1 14 30 62 81 58 33 29 18 10
Female 119 2 7 9 21 16 16 17 16 14 1
White 316 1 11 23 56 68 54 38 31 25 9
Male 237 0 8 18 43 58 43 24 20 14 9
Female 79 1 3 5 13 10 11 14 11 11 0
Black 84 0 9 10 16 19 15 6 7 2 0
Male 69 0 6 9 14 16 12 5 6 1 0
Female 15 0 3 1 2 3 3 1 1 1 0
Other 49 2 1 6 10 10 4 6 5 3 2
Male 26 1 0 3 4 7 3 4 1 2 1
Female 23 1 1 3 6 3 1 2 4 1 1
Hispanic(2) 85 1 6 11 21 23 5 11 5 2 0
Male 68 0 6 9 19 20 3 8 3 0 0
Female 17 1 0 2 2 3 2 3 2 2 0

1 Total Deaths = White + Black + Other + Not Stated
2 Hispanic is a separate count equal to Hispanic White + Hispanic Black + Hispanic Other + Hispanic Not Stated
3 Total includes records with Age Not Stated
 
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Revised: October 2001