Indicator 3.4.2 - Suicide mortality rate
US crude suicide mortality rate
US crude suicide mortality rate
Global Metadata
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| SDG Indicator Name | Suicide mortality rate |
|---|---|
| SDG Target Addressed | By 2030, reduce by one third premature mortality from noncommunicable diseases through prevention and treatment and promote mental health and well-being. |
| Definition of SDG Indicator | |
| UN Designated Tier | 2 |
| UN Custodial Agency | WHO |
U.S. Metadata
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| Method of computation for global SDG indicator | |
|---|---|
| Graph Title | US crude suicide mortality rate |
| Actual indicator available | US suicide mortality rate |
| Description of actual indicator available | Crude and age-adjusted death rates due to suicide expressed per 100,000 population. |
| Method of computation | Number of deaths attributable to suicide (ICD-10 codes U03, X60-X84, Y87.0) divided by the population and expressed per 100,000 population. Rates are age-adjusted using the direct method of applying age-specific death rates to the U.S. standard population distribution. See http://wonder.cdc.gov/wonder/help/ucd.html#Age-Adjusted Rates for more detail. |
| Comments and limitations | Rates were generated by CDC Wonder using the Underlying Cause of Death mortality files. Rates were selected based on the ICD-10 113 Cause of Death listing. |
| Periodicity | Annual |
| Time Period | 2014 |
| Unit of measure | |
| Disaggregation #1 (Industry or social categories) | |
| Disaggregation #2 (Geographical coverage) | |
| Date of public data release from National source | December, 2015 |
| Date of last Update of This Page | |
| Scheduled Update by National source | December, 2016 |
| Scheduled Update by SDG Team | |
| Data Source1 (Agency STAFF NAME) | Mortality Statistics Branch, Division of Vital Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics |
| Data Source2 (Staff E-MAIL) | RNAnderson@cdc.gov |
| Data Source3 (Agency/Survey/Dataset name) | National Center for Health Statistics, Underlying Cause of Death File |
| Indicator web address (closest to data provided) | http://wonder.cdc.gov/ucd-icd10.html; http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data_access/vitalstatsonline.htm |
| International and National References |