Table 43: Deaths due to Suicide by Race/Ethnicity, Sex and Age
New York State 1997
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)	1,361	11	69	106	280	298	236	133	115	81	32
Male	1,068	10	56	89	224	241	171	108	88	55	26
Female	293	1	13	17	56	57	65	25	27	26	6
White	1,166	8	52	85	231	254	212	114	108	71	31
Male	921	7	42	72	191	206	154	93	83	48	25
Female	245	1	10	13	40	48	58	21	25	23	6
Black	141	3	14	17	35	33	16	12	2	8	1
Male	113	3	12	15	25	28	14	9	1	5	1
Female	28	0	2	2	10	5	2	3	1	3	0
Other	50	0	2	3	14	10	8	6	5	2	0
Male	31	0	2	1	8	6	3	5	4	2	0
Female	19	0	0	2	6	4	5	1	1	0	0
Hispanic(2)	139	1	11	15	41	34	26	6	3	1	1
Male	108	0	6	13	33	28	19	5	3	0	1
Female	31	1	5	2	8	6	7	1	0	1	0
New York State Exclusive of New York City
Total(1)	839	7	46	68	171	176	153	76	74	47	21
Male	693	7	40	58	148	147	113	66	59	38	17
Female	146	0	6	10	23	29	40	10	15	9	4
White	783	6	42	58	153	168	145	74	73	44	20
Male	646	6	37	50	134	139	107	64	58	35	16
Female	137	0	5	8	19	29	38	10	15	9	4
Black	44	1	3	8	13	6	7	2	0	3	1
Male	39	1	2	7	11	6	6	2	0	3	1
Female	5	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0
Other	11	0	1	1	5	2	1	0	1	0	0
Male	7	0	1	0	3	2	0	0	1	0	0
Female	4	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0
Hispanic(2)	22	0	4	4	7	4	2	1	0	0	0
Male	21	0	4	3	7	4	2	1	0	0	0
Female	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
New York City
Total(1)	522	4	23	38	109	122	83	57	41	34	11
Male	375	3	16	31	76	94	58	42	29	17	9
Female	147	1	7	7	33	28	25	15	12	17	2
White	383	2	10	27	78	86	67	40	35	27	11
Male	275	1	5	22	57	67	47	29	25	13	9
Female	108	1	5	5	21	19	20	11	10	14	2
Black	97	2	11	9	22	27	9	10	2	5	0
Male	74	2	10	8	14	22	8	7	1	2	0
Female	23	0	1	1	8	5	1	3	1	3	0
Other	39	0	1	2	9	8	7	6	4	2	0
Male	24	0	1	1	5	4	3	5	3	2	0
Female	15	0	0	1	4	4	4	1	1	0	0
Hispanic(2)	117	1	7	11	34	30	24	5	3	1	1
Male	87	0	2	10	26	24	17	4	3	0	1
Female	30	1	5	1	8	6	7	1	0	1	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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