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This category contains general material on morbidity and mortality data relating to suicide. Data on specific populations or topics can be found in the Topic-Specific Data sub-category and information on Surveillance Systems is also in a separate sub-category.

Age-adjusted suicide rates among all persons by state - United States, 2006 (U.S. avg 10.95)
URL: http://www.sprc.org/library/StateSuicideMap2006.pdf
A map of state suicide rates per 100,000 population.
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Alcohol and suicide among racial/ethnic populations - 17 States, 2005-2006
URL: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5823a1.htm
MMWR. June 19, 2009; 58(23):637-41. This report analyzes data from the National Violent Death Reporting System in 2005-2006. The overall prevalence of alcohol intoxication was nearly 24% among suicide decedents tested for alcohol, with the highest percentage among American Indian/Alaska Natives (37%), followed by Hispanics (29%) and persons aged 20-49 years (28%). The authors conclude that many populations can benefit from culturally appropriate suicide-prevention strategies that include efforts to reduce alcohol consumption.
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The cost of violence in the United States
URL: http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/factsheets/CostOfViolence.htm
Violence-related injuries, including suicide, adversely affect the health and welfare of all Americans through premature death, disability, medical costs, and lost productivity. This fact sheet provides information about costs of violence in America, updated estimates of medical and productivity losses, and recommendations for reducing the economic burden of violence.
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Current trends operational criteria for determining suicide
URL: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwR/preview/mmwrhtml/00001318.htm
This is a document from 1988 that contains operational criteria to assist coroners and medical examiners in determining suicide. The criteria were arrived at by a working group representing coroners, medical examiners, statisticians, and public health agencies.
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Deaths from violence: A look at 17 states. - Data from the National Violent Death Reporting System
URL: http://www.hss.state.ak.us/dph/ipems/AKVDRS/assets/NVDRS-17States.pdf
This report, the first product of the State Violent Death Reporting System (VDRS) Workgroup, highlights the state-level similarities and differences in the numbers, characteristics and circumstances of deaths from violence. Two-page summaries from each of 17 VDRS states describe the following violent deaths' data: the frequency; at-risk populations; circumstances; means or methods; and examples of how VDRS data are used to support state and local prevention efforts. In every state except Maryland and the selected sites in California, suicides outnumbered homicides. In Oregon and Utah, the annual number of suicides was more than five times that of homicides.
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Finding data on suicidal behavior
URL: http://www.sprc.org/library/datasources.pdf
Sources for collecting suicide and suicidal behavior data at both the local and national level are listed.
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Leading causes of injuries among children and adolescents
URL: http://www.astho.org/pubs/AdolescentfactsheetfinalAugust2006.pdf
Injury Prevention Fact Sheet. 2006 Aug. Describes suicide as the third leading cause of death among individuals ages 15 to 24. Presents the Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act and the Oregon's Safe Teens program as the major recent developments in suicide prevention.
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NVDRS and suicide: How the National Violent Death Reporting System is being used to prevent suicide
URL: http://www.sprc.org/library/UsingNVDRS_FactSheet.pdf
This fact sheet highlight ways in which National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) data have been used for suicide prevention.
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Patient Safety Initiative: 2007 Summary Report
URL: http://www.state.nj.us/health/ps/documents/ps_initiative_report07.pdf
The third annual report on the New Jersey Patient Safety Act. Includes statistics on suicides and suicidal behaviors in New Jersey hospitals: "The percentage of events related to suicide/attempted suicide has doubled since 2005. The number of suicide events reported increased from 16 in 2005 to 35 in 2007."
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QuickStats: Suicide and homicide rates among adults aged >18 years, by age group
URL: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5625a5.htm?s_cid=mm5625a5_e
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, June 29, 2007 / 56(25);635. This report contains a graph of suicide and homicide statistics among adults from the US National Vital Statistics System, 2002-2004.
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Self-Inflicted injury/Suicide FastStats
URL: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/suicide.htm
The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) presents a fact sheet on suicide in the United States. Downloadable PDF files are available for Suicide statistics by age groups, race, sex, and state. Also available are statistics for suicide ideation and attempts.
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State and local data sources for suicide prevention
URL: http://www.sprc.org/grantees/statetribe/2009/PDF/6CStone.pdf
Garrett Lee Smith Suicide Prevention Grantee Meeting, January 5-9, 2009, Phoenix, AZ. Discusses the uses, strengths, and limitations of suicide data sources.
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State injury indicators report, Third Edition–2004 data
URL: http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/profiles/core_state/State_Injury_Indicators_Report.pdf
This report compiles injury information from 34 states and consolidates data from hospital records, death certificates, and several national surveillance systems. The report provides the rates of various intentional and unintentional injuries—such as traumatic brain injuries, fire and burn injuries, and suicides—and related factors.
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Substance Abuse and Mental Health Data Archive (SAMHDA)
URL: http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/SAMHDA/help/newuser.html#00
SAMHDA holdings consist mainly of data derived from surveys and administrative records. These data were originally collected for specific research or administrative purposes. The holdings contain over 120 studies and 425 downloadable data files.
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Suicide in the U.S.: Statistics and prevention
URL: http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/suicide-in-the-us-statistics-and-prevention.shtml
An overview, including statistics, of suicide as a public health problem in the United States.
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Suicide rates (per 100,000) by country, year, and gender
URL: http://www.who.int/mental_health/prevention/suicide/suiciderates/en/
Countries are listed in alphabetical order with: a) most recent available year for suicide statistics, b) rate for males per 100,000 and c) rate for females per 100,000.
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Surveillance for violent deaths - National Violent Death Reporting System, 16 states, 2005
URL: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/ss5703a1.htm
MMWR. April 11, 2008; 57(SS03):1-43,45. This report, for the first time since the creation of NVDRS, summarizes and examines data on nearly 16,000 violent deaths occurring in 16 states surveyed by the system in 2005. The majority (56.1%) of deaths were suicides, followed by homicides and deaths involving legal interventions (29.6%).
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Surveillance for violent deaths. - National Violent Death Reporting System, 16 states, 2006
URL: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/ss5801a1.htm
MMWR. March 20, 2009; 58(SS01):1-44. This report is the second summary of data from the National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS). According to the report, 15,395 violent deaths were recorded in 16 NVDRS states in 2006, of which 56 percent were suicides. Suicides were: occurring at higher rates among males, American Indians/Alaska Natives, non-Hispanic whites, and persons aged 45-54 years; most often occurring in a house or apartment and involving the use of firearms; precipitated primarily by mental-health, intimate-partner, or physical-health problems or by a crisis during the preceding 2 weeks.
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Ten leading causes of death and injury (charts)
URL: http://www.cdc.gov/injury/wisqars/LeadingCauses.html
Color charts of: All causes of deaths by age group; Causes of nonfatal injuries treated in US hospital emergency departments; Causes of injury death highlighting unintentional injury; Causes of injury death highlighting violence (including suicide). Charts are provided for the two most recent years of data available (2005 and 2006 in most instances; 2007 for nonfatal) and are available as pdf and jpg files.
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Toxicology testing and results for suicide victims - 13 states, 2004
URL: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5546a1.htm
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Nov. 24, 2006 / 55(46);1245-48. To assess toxicology testing practices and to determine the prevalence of positive results for alcohol or other drugs, CDC analyzed test results of suicide victims in the 13 states that collected data for the National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) in 2004. This report summarizes the results of that analysis.
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Trends in rates and methods of suicide: United States, 1985-2004
URL: http://www.sprc.org/library/SuicideTrends2.pdf
In partnership with SPRC, Harvard Injury Control Research Center analyzed trends in rates and methods of suicide over a twenty-year period. Data is presented in graph form and is categorized by means, age group, sex, and race/ethnicity for 1985 – 2004. A black and white copy is also available for optimal printing at http://www.sprc.org/library/SuicideTrends2BW.pdf
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U.S. suicide fact sheet
URL: http://www.sprc.org/stateinformation/PDF/statedatasheets/sprc_national_data.pdf
A fact sheet of national data on suicide and self-inflicted injury, including data by age, race/ethnicity, gender, method and cost.
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U.S.A. suicide: 2006 official final data
URL: http://www.sprc.org/library/2006datapgsv2.pdf
A two page analysis of CDC data providing details on suicide by age groups and gender for 1996-2006, and by state for 2006.
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Understanding and using data for youth suicide prevention: A hands-on, crash course for beginners
URL: http://www.sprc.org/traininginstitute/disc_series/disc_14.asp
A presentation on understanding and using data for youth suicide prevention which discusses how to determine whether data changes are significant. The Research to Practice webinar webpage contains an author biography, PowerPoint slides, an audio file of the discussion, and a handout.
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Understanding U.S. suicide trends, 1985-2004
URL: http://www.sprc.org/traininginstitute/disc_series/disc_12.asp
A presentation on suicide rates in recent years which examines trends in suicide rates for various demographic groups, with particular attention to surveillance methods used, and discusses some of the factors that may be driving the trends. The Research to Practice webinar webpage contains PowerPoint slides and an audio file of the discussion.
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