Table 1 Comorbid medical conditions in suicides by gender, racial-ethnicity, category, and measure, United States, 1999–2003
Medical Condition (ICD-10)/Measure | Males | Females | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | White | Black | Hispanic | White | Black | Hispanic |
Number of Subjects | 101,804 | 7,827 | 7,825 | 25,478 | 1,563 | 1,349 |
Mental/Behavioral Disorders (F00–F99) |  |  |  |  |  |  |
   mean number of mentions* | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.2 |
   % of all mentions | 43.9% | 35.4% | 30.0% | 42.8% | 39.0% | 39.6% |
   % of total suicides** | 7.8% | 3.8% | 3.1% | 10.5% | 7.7% | 6.4% |
Physical Diseases (A00–E90; G00–R99) |  |  |  |  |  |  |
   mean number of mentions* | 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.6 |
   % of all mentions | 56.1% | 64.6% | 70.0% | 57.2% | 61.0% | 60.4% |
   % of total suicides** | 7.3% | 5.7% | 5.5% | 9.5% | 8.5% | 7.4% |
Total Disorders/Diseases | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   mean number of mentions* | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.4 |
   % of suicides with 2+ mentions | 6.7% | 3.3% | 3.2% | 9.7% | 9.5% | 5.5% |