AFSP: Facts and Figures: By Age

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Facts and Figures

By Age

Age Group	Number of Suicides	Population	Rate
5-14	219	40,260,779	0.5
15-24	4,189	42,268,411	9.9
25-34	4,985	40,182,221	12.4
35-44	6,591	43,554,885	15.1
45-54	7,426	43,226,850	17.2
55-64	4,583	31,556,836	14.5
65-74	2,384	18,909,923	12.6
75-84	2,075	13,057,166	15.9
85+	840	5,285,976	15.9
Unknown	8
Total	33,300	298,754,819	11.2

^{Figures from the National Center for Health Statistics for the year 2006.}
^{All rates are per 100,000 population.}