Racially and professionally who has the highest rate of suicides?

Answer 1

Suicide

Race and Suicide -- Just the Facts


1. Suicide is Preventable.
2. Caucasian men and women account for over 90% of all completed suicides.
3. Native Americans have the highest suicide rate among all 15-24 year olds.
4. Suicide rates from 1980-1995 increased 214% for 15-24 year old African American males and 93% for African American females.
5. 15-19 year old African American males' suicide rates have increased 80% between 1980 and 2000.
6. Although Caucasians are twice as likely to commit suicide than African Americans, the rate of suicide is growing faster among young African Americans than among Caucasians.
7. Asian American women have the highest suicide rates among women ages 15 to 24.
8. From 1979-1992 suicide rates for Native Americans were about 1.5 times the overall national rates.
9. While males have higher suicide rates than females in all ethnic groups, the patterns differ by age groups. Suicide risks peak in the 15-24 age group for Native Americans and African-Americans, whereas for European-American Non-Hispanics, Hispanics, and Asian/Pacific Islanders the highest suicide rates occur in those over 65 years of age.


1. Suicide is Preventable.
2. Men commit suicide more than four times as often as women.
3. Women attempt suicide about three times as often as men.
4. Suicide is the 8th leading cause of death for American men and the 19th leading cause of death for American women (2001).
5. Suicide by firearm is the most common method for both men and women and accounts for more than half of American suicides.
6. The difference between male and female suicides increases in adolescents and young adults.
7. For ages 15-19, five times as many males as females commit suicide.
8. For ages 20-24, seven times as many males as females commit suicide.


I hope this is helpful.

Answer 2

White middle-aged male dentists.

Answer 3

White Females
White males
Black males
Lowest of all races is the Black Female at 1%.
That's almost like it doesn't happen.

Answer 4

japanese schoolgirls from what I hear, then of course japanese boys, then white males, then white females, etc, etc, etc. Why is this question important exactly?

Answer 5

I heard dentists, kind of makes sense if you think about it.