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Table 43: Resident Deaths due to Suicide by Race/Ethnicity, Sex and Age
New York State 1998

  Age at Death
Total3 < 15 15-19 20-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75-84 85+

New York State
Total(1) 1,380 8 66 109 253 294 219 154 136 97 44
Male 1,117 6 58 91 219 241 168 117 107 75 35
Female 263 2 8 18 34 53 51 37 29 22 9
White 1,179 4 55 91 197 245 184 143 128 90 42
Male 961 3 49 75 170 206 140 110 104 71 33
Female 218 1 6 16 27 39 44 33 24 19 9
Black 130 4 10 15 34 31 26 5 2 3 0
Male 108 3 8 14 31 23 21 4 2 2 0
Female 22 1 2 1 3 8 5 1 0 1 0
Other 65 0 1 2 22 16 8 6 5 3 2
Male 44 0 1 2 18 10 6 3 1 1 2
Female 21 0 0 0 4 6 2 3 4 2 0
Hispanic(2) 121 0 5 16 27 27 22 14 7 3 0
Male 100 0 5 15 22 25 15 9 6 3 0
Female 21 0 0 1 5 2 7 5 1 0 0
New York State Exclusive of New York City
Total(1) 881 7 44 74 151 184 132 98 95 64 32
Male 731 6 39 61 133 158 100 78 78 52 26
Female 150 1 5 13 18 26 32 20 17 12 6
White 832 4 43 69 134 176 122 94 94 64 32
Male 691 3 38 56 116 151 94 77 78 52 26
Female 141 1 5 13 18 25 28 17 16 12 6
Black 35 3 1 4 12 7 7 1 0 0 0
Male 30 3 1 4 12 6 4 0 0 0 0
Female 5 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 0
Other 14 0 0 1 5 1 3 3 1 0 0
Male 10 0 0 1 5 1 2 1 0 0 0
Female 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0
Hispanic(2) 21 0 2 6 2 8 3 0 0 0 0
Male 19 0 2 6 2 7 2 0 0 0 0
Female 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
New York City
Total(1) 499 1 22 35 102 110 87 56 41 33 12
Male 386 0 19 30 86 83 68 39 29 23 9
Female 113 1 3 5 16 27 19 17 12 10 3
White 347 0 12 22 63 69 62 49 34 26 10
Male 270 0 11 19 54 55 46 33 26 19 7
Female 77 0 1 3 9 14 16 16 8 7 3
Black 95 1 9 11 22 24 19 4 2 3 0
Male 78 0 7 10 19 17 17 4 2 2 0
Female 17 1 2 1 3 7 2 0 0 1 0
Other 51 0 1 1 17 15 5 3 4 3 2
Male 34 0 1 1 13 9 4 2 1 1 2
Female 17 0 0 0 4 6 1 1 3 2 0
Hispanic(2) 100 0 3 10 25 19 19 14 7 3 0
Male 81 0 3 9 20 18 13 9 6 3 0
Female 19 0 0 1 5 1 6 5 1 0 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: May 2001