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What are suicide statistic rates for the white male, white female, black male and black female? Ages under 34
Executive summary
Available national reporting provides age-specific suicide rates by race and sex but the assembled search results do not include a single table listing suicide rates specifically for "white male, white female, black male, black female" restricted to ages under 34 in one place; the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) are the primary data sources cited for detailed breakdowns [1] [2]. Recent analyses note that suicide trends among younger Black Americans increased in recent years while rates among young White Americans generally fell, but exact per‑100,000 rates for each sex/race group under age 34 are not contained verbatim in the returned items [3] [4].
1. What the authoritative data sources provide — and what they don’t
The CDC’s suicide data pages and related NCHS products report suicide counts and rates by age group, sex, and race/ethnicity and are the definitive sources to extract rates for subgroups such as non‑Hispanic White males or non‑Hispanic Black females under age 34 [1] [5]. NIMH reproduces CDC age‑adjusted and age‑specific charts and highlights numbers of adults reporting suicidal ideation and attempts, but the search returns do not include a ready-made table showing rates per 100,000 specifically for white male, white female, black male, black female for the "under 34" age bands you requested [2]. Therefore, exact numeric answers require pulling the CDC WONDER or NCHS tables referenced by these sources [1] [5].
2. Recent trend context for youth and young adults (10–34)
Multiple items in the results stress that suicide is a leading cause of death for ages roughly 10–34 and that trends have shifted in the past decade: suicides among young people (including teens and young adults) decreased overall in some White populations while increasing among Black youth, producing a narrowing or reversal in some age bands [6] [3] [4]. The CDC MMWR summary cited in the results indicates rates increased among non‑Hispanic Black and Hispanic persons during 2018–2023 while decreasing among non‑Hispanic White persons and those aged 10–24 [4].
3. Sex differences remain large and matter for interpretation
National reporting repeatedly shows men die by suicide at higher rates than women across most age groups; one source gives a 2023 example with male rate ~22.7 vs female ~5.9 per 100,000 (overall), underscoring that any under‑34 breakdown will reflect substantial sex gaps as well as racial differences [7]. Because males die by suicide more often but females attempt more frequently (seen in other CDC/NSDUH summaries reproduced by NIMH and AFSP), interpreting raw rates without considering attempts and ideation can be misleading [8] [2].
4. Racial patterns to note — youth increases among Black Americans
Reporting from PBS and CDC analyses in the results highlights a substantive rise in suicide rates among Black youth from 2018–2022 (PBS reports a >50% rise for Black youth in that period and that Black youth surpassed White youth for a time), while suicides decreased among White men and women over similar years [3]. The CDC MMWR also states that during 2018–2023 rates increased for non‑Hispanic Black persons while decreasing for non‑Hispanic White persons, indicating a shifting risk landscape among younger cohorts [4].
5. Why you shouldn’t rely on a single headline number without source checks
Race and Hispanic origin classification on death certificates and population estimates have methodological complexities and potential misclassification that affect reported rates; CDC warns rates by race/Hispanic origin should be interpreted with caution because of inconsistent reporting [1]. Additionally, some CDC products use age‑adjusted rates while policy or clinical questions often require specific age‑band (e.g., 10–24 or 25–34) crude rates — mixing those will produce misleading comparisons [1] [9].
6. How you can get the exact numbers you asked for (recommended steps)
To obtain precise suicide rates per 100,000 for white male, white female, Black male, and Black female under age 34, query the CDC WONDER or the NCHS Vital Statistics tables cited by CDC and NIMH. The CDC suicide data page and the Vital Statistics Rapid Release reports are the entry points for exporting age‑ and race‑specific suicide rates; the NIMH and AFSP pages point to those CDC datasets as their source [1] [5] [2] [8].
Limitations: available sources in your result set summarize trends and direct you to CDC/NCHS datasets but do not present a single, cited table with the four subgroup rates for ages "under 34" combined; therefore I cannot truthfully print precise numeric rates here without accessing the CDC WONDER or NCHS tables those sources reference [1] [5].
If you’d like, I will extract those exact rates for your four subgroups by querying the CDC WONDER/NCHS tables referenced [1] [5] and return a short table plus source citations.