AFSP: Facts and Figures: By Age

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Facts and Figures

By Age

Age Group	Number of Suicides	Population	Rate
5-14	184	40,128,842	0.5
15-24	4,140	42,407,421	9.7
25-34	5,278	40,401,199	13.0
35-44	6,722	43,082,460	15.6
45-54	7,778	43,871,845	17.7
55-64	5,069	32,725,938	15.5
65-74	2,444	19,369,726	12.6
75-84	2,119	13,057,435	16.3
85+	858	5,515,250	15.6
Unknown	6
Total	34,598	280,560,116	11.5

^{Figures from the National Center for Health Statistics for the year 2007.}
^{All rates are per 100,000 population.}