Table 2 Prevalence of comorbid medical conditions in male suicides by age, racial-ethnicity, category, and type: United States, 1999–2003
| Â | Whites | Blacks | Hispanics* | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Medical Condition (ICD-10) | Prevalence per 100 | Prevalence per 100 | Prevalence per 100 | |||||||||
Age (in years) | 15–34 | 35–64 | 65+ | Total | 15–34 | 35–64 | 65+ | Total | 15–34 | 35–64 | 65+ | Total |
Number of deaths | 27931 | 52814 | 21059 | 101804 | 4029 | 3174 | 624 | 7827 | 3927 | 3194 | 704 | 7825 |
Mental/Behavioral Disorders | 9.0 | 10.6 | 6.9 | 9.4 | 3.8 | 5.4 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 2.3** | 3.5 |
   Organic (F00–F09) | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1** | 0.0** | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0** | 0.1** | 0.0** | 0.1** |
   Alcohol use (F10) | 2.5 | 3.3 | 0.7 | 2.6 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 0.3** | 1.3 |
   Other substance use (F11–F19) | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.4** | 0.0** | 0.5 |
   Schizophrenia (F20–F29) | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.2** | 0.2** | 0.0** | 0.2** |
   Mood disorder/depression (F30–F39) | 4.7 | 5.7 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 3.2 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 2.0** | 1.3 |
   Other mental health (F40–F99) | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1** | 0.1** | 0.0** | 0.1** | 0.0** | 0.2** | 0.0** | 0.1** |
Physical Diseases | 6.3 | 9.7 | 19.5 | 10.8 | 5.2 | 8.5 | 16.8 | 7.5 | 6.3 | 7.4 | 14.5 | 7.5 |
   HIV (B20–B24) | 0.0** | 0.1 | 0.0** | 0.1 | 0.1** | 0.2** | 0.0 | 0.1** | 0.1** | 0.2** | 0.1** | 0.1** |
   Other communicable(A+B residual) | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1** | 0.4** | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2** | 0.1** | 0.1** | 0.2** |
   Cancer (C00–C99) | 0.0** | 0.7 | 4.9 | 1.4 | 0.0** | 0.6** | 5.1 | 0.7 | 0.0** | 0.1** | 2.7** | 0.3 |
   Nervous system (G00–G99) | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 1.4** | 2.1 |
   Circulatory (I00–I99) | 1.3 | 2.8 | 6.2 | 3.1 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 4.5 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 5.4 | 1.6 |
   Respiratory (J00–J99) | 0.5 | 0.9 | 2.8 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.6** | 1.6** | 0.7 |
   Digestive (K00–K99) | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.1** | 0.3 | 0.5** | 0.3 | 0.4** | 0.9 | 0.1** | 0.7 |
   Other diseases (D,E,H,L-R) | 1.9 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 1.6 | 2.6 | 3.8 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 2.1 |
Total Disorders and Diseases | 15.3 | 20.2 | 26.4 | 20.2 | 9.0 | 13.9 | 21.0 | 11.9 | 9.5 | 11.4 | 16.8 | 10.9 |