Table 2 Demographic characteristics of asphyxiation suicide decedents by mechanism, United States 2005–2014
From: Epidemiology of asphyxiation suicides in the United States, 2005–2014
Total | Hanging | Smothering | Chemical | Strangulation | χ2 | p-value | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |||
Total | 23,749 | 100.0% | 22,663 | 95.4% | 784 | 3.3% | 168 | 0.7% | 134 | 0.6% | ||
Sex (N unknown = 1) | 223.6 | <0.0001 | ||||||||||
Male | 19,034 | 100.0% | 18,316 | 96.2% | 465 | 2.4% | 138 | 0.7% | 115 | 0.6% | ||
Female | 4714 | 100.0% | 4346 | 92.2% | 319 | 6.8% | 30 | 0.6% | 19 | 0.4% | ||
Race (N unknown = 34) | 125.4 | <0.0001 | ||||||||||
White, NH | 18,083 | 100.0% | 17,116 | 94.7% | 722 | 4.0% | 141 | 0.8% | 104 | 0.6% | ||
Black, NH | 1676 | 100.0% | 1639 | 97.8% | 17 | 1.0% | b | b | b | b | ||
Hispanic | 2065 | 100.0% | 2031 | 98.4% | 20 | 1.0% | b | b | b | b | ||
Other, NH a | 1891 | 100.0% | 1845 | 97.6% | 24 | 1.3% | 11 | 0.6% | 12 | 0.6% | ||
Age (years, N unknown = 15) | 1423.0 | <0.0001 | ||||||||||
10–14 | 483 | 100.0% | 480 | 99.4% | b | b | 0 | 0.0% | b | b | ||
15–19 | 1969 | 100.0% | 1941 | 98.6% | b | b | 5 | 0.3% | b | b | ||
20–24 | 2729 | 100.0% | 2657 | 97.4% | 48 | 1.8% | 15 | 0.5% | 9 | 0.3% | ||
25–29 | 2621 | 100.0% | 2542 | 97.0% | 44 | 1.7% | 19 | 0.7% | 16 | 0.6% | ||
30–39 | 4811 | 100.0% | 4671 | 97.1% | 86 | 1.8% | 28 | 0.6% | 26 | 0.5% | ||
40–49 | 5096 | 100.0% | 4887 | 95.9% | 139 | 2.7% | 37 | 0.7% | 33 | 0.6% | ||
50–59 | 3780 | 100.0% | 3554 | 94.0% | 157 | 4.2% | 37 | 1.0% | 32 | 0.8% | ||
60–69 | 1314 | 100.0% | 1224 | 93.2% | 66 | 5.0% | 16 | 1.2% | 8 | 0.6% | ||
70+ | 931 | 100.0% | 693 | 74.4% | 222 | 23.8% | 11 | 1.2% | 5 | 0.5% | ||
Education (N unknown = 10,630) | 48.0 | <0.0001 | ||||||||||
Less than high school | 3698 | 100.0% | 3638 | 98.4% | 42 | 1.1% | 6 | 0.2% | 12 | 0.3% | ||
High school graduate | 5273 | 100.0% | 5106 | 96.8% | 117 | 2.2% | 14 | 0.3% | 36 | 0.7% | ||
Some college | 2504 | 100.0% | 2358 | 94.2% | 101 | 4.0% | 19 | 0.8% | 26 | 1.0% | ||
College graduate | 1644 | 100.0% | 1459 | 88.7% | 144 | 8.8% | 34 | 2.1% | 7 | 0.4% | ||