Table 12. Crude and Age Adjusted Suicide Mortality Rate/100,000 Person Years (+/- SE) among 41 Occupations by Socio-Demographic Subgroups
Occupation 41 Classes	Group	Estimated US Worker Population	Mortality Follow Up Sample Size	Total Deaths	Suicide Deaths	Crude Suicide Death Rate	Crude Suicide Death Rate SE	Age Adjusted Suicide Death Rate	Age Adjusted Suicide Death Rate SE
Officials and administrators public admin	1: Total	542,174	2,100	73	2	84	67	70	59
Officials and administrators public admin	2: Male	315,909	1,180	54	2	143	113	134	115
Officials and administrators public admin	3: Female	226,264	920	19	0	0	0	0	0
Officials and administrators public admin	4: White	472,920	1,810	64	2	95	76	81	67
Officials and administrators public admin	5: Black	49,487	219	8	0	0	0	0	0
Officials and administrators public admin	6: Other	19,766	71	1	0	0	0	0	0
Officials and administrators public admin	7: Hispanic	23,438	87	3	0	0	0	0	0
Officials and administrators public admin	8: NonHispanic	518,736	2,013	70	2	88	70	75	63
Managers administrators, except public administration	1: Total	11,337,987	43,160	1,199	36	52	10	53	14
Managers administrators, except public administration	2: Male	7,260,207	27,155	926	30	67	16	75	24
Managers administrators, except public administration	3: Female	4,077,780	16,005	273	6	25	14	26	16
Managers administrators, except public administration	4: White	10,358,556	39,192	1,080	30	48	11	51	15
Managers administrators, except public administration	5: Black	630,687	2,692	96	5	135	67	126	64
Managers administrators, except public administration	6: Other	348,745	1,276	23	1	25	25	16	16
Managers administrators, except public administration	7: Hispanic	537,742	2,010	45	4	144	70	209	143
Managers administrators, except public administration	8: NonHispanic	10,800,245	41,150	1,154	32	48	9	49	14
Management related occs	1: Total	3,975,190	15,154	346	3	11	7	8	5
Management related occs	2: Male	1,909,843	7,069	247	2	11	8	8	6
Management related occs	3: Female	2,065,347	8,085	99	1	11	11	8	8
Management related occs	4: White	3,508,911	13,257	310	2	8	7	6	5
Management related occs	5: Black	302,468	1,298	31	1	50	51	29	30
Management related occs	6: Other	163,811	599	5	0	0	0	0	0
Management related occs	7: Hispanic	208,368	775	17	0	0	0	0	0
Management related occs	8: NonHispanic	3,766,822	14,379	329	3	12	8	8	5
Engineers	1: Total	2,009,300	7,471	147	5	35	17	27	13
Engineers	2: Male	1,848,533	6,838	141	5	38	19	28	14
Engineers	3: Female	160,767	633	6	0	0	0	0	0
Engineers	4: White	1,780,112	6,629	131	5	39	19	30	15
Engineers	5: Black	85,626	312	11	0	0	0	0	0
Engineers	6: Other	143,563	530	5	0	0	0	0	0
Engineers	7: Hispanic	72,090	267	5	0	0	0	0	0
Engineers	8: NonHispanic	1,937,210	7,204	142	5	36	18	28	14
Architects and surveyors	1: Total	201,731	761	19	0	0	0	0	0
Architects and surveyors	2: Male	177,084	663	18	0	0	0	0	0
Architects and surveyors	3: Female	24,647	98	1	0	0	0	0	0
Architects and surveyors	4: White	186,076	702	17	0	0	0	0	0
Architects and surveyors	5: Black	7,204	26	0	0	0	0	0	0
Architects and surveyors	6: Other	8,451	33	2	0	0	0	0	0
Architects and surveyors	7: Hispanic	13,983	54	1	0	0	0	0	0
Architects and surveyors	8: NonHispanic	187,748	707	18	0	0	0	0	0
Natural mathematical/computer scientists	1: Total	1,330,325	4,954	73	3	41	28	31	22
Natural mathematical/computer scientists	2: Male	907,823	3,331	61	2	23	20	14	12
Natural mathematical/computer scientists	3: Female	422,502	1,623	12	1	79	79	76	75
Natural mathematical/computer scientists	4: White	1,154,319	4,289	62	3	46	32	34	25
Natural mathematical/computer scientists	5: Black	84,541	329	9	0	0	0	0	0
Natural mathematical/computer scientists	6: Other	91,465	336	2	0	0	0	0	0
Natural mathematical/computer scientists	7: Hispanic	48,104	178	3	0	0	0	0	0
Natural mathematical/computer scientists	8: NonHispanic	1,282,221	4,776	70	3	42	29	32	23
Health diagnosing occs	1: Total	829,443	3,102	84	1	8	8	6	6
Health diagnosing occs	2: Male	668,142	2,468	72	1	9	9	7	7
Health diagnosing occs	3: Female	161,301	634	12	0	0	0	0	0
Health diagnosing occs	4: White	724,399	2,708	78	1	9	9	7	7
Health diagnosing occs	5: Black	31,964	123	2	0	0	0	0	0
Health diagnosing occs	6: Other	73,080	271	4	0	0	0	0	0
Health diagnosing occs	7: Hispanic	41,633	146	3	0	0	0	0	0
Health diagnosing occs	8: NonHispanic	787,809	2,956	81	1	8	8	6	6
Health assessment/treating occs	1: Total	2,482,299	9,715	141	2	9	8	6	6
Health assessment/treating occs	2: Male	316,435	1,183	28	0	0	0	0	0
Health assessment/treating occs	3: Female	2,165,864	8,532	113	2	10	9	7	7
Health assessment/treating occs	4: White	2,133,040	8,221	108	2	10	9	8	7
Health assessment/treating occs	5: Black	230,708	1,045	30	0	0	0	0	0
Health assessment/treating occs	6: Other	118,550	449	3	0	0	0	0	0
Health assessment/treating occs	7: Hispanic	86,259	327	5	0	0	0	0	0
Health assessment/treating occs	8: NonHispanic	2,396,040	9,388	136	2	9	8	7	6
Teachers, librarians, counselors	1: Total	5,231,152	20,354	338	17	52	16	69	36
Teachers, librarians, counselors	2: Male	1,642,027	6,167	149	10	94	38	69	26
Teachers, librarians, counselors	3: Female	3,589,125	14,187	189	7	33	16	69	49
Teachers, librarians, counselors	4: White	4,612,706	17,712	276	16	55	18	76	42
Teachers, librarians, counselors	5: Black	452,612	2,065	56	1	44	43	40	40
Teachers, librarians, counselors	6: Other	165,834	577	6	0	0	0	0	0
Teachers, librarians, counselors	7: Hispanic	217,139	807	10	0	0	0	0	0
Teachers, librarians, counselors	8: NonHispanic	5,014,013	19,547	328	17	54	17	74	39
Writers, artists, entertainers, athletes	1: Total	1,971,725	7,298	182	4	12	6	24	17
Writers, artists, entertainers, athletes	2: Male	1,025,232	3,703	122	3	17	11	45	35
Writers, artists, entertainers, athletes	3: Female	946,492	3,595	60	1	7	7	4	4
Writers, artists, entertainers, athletes	4: White	1,799,120	6,660	168	3	10	6	26	21
Writers, artists, entertainers, athletes	5: Black	103,027	396	9	1	65	66	115	115
Writers, artists, entertainers, athletes	6: Other	69,577	242	5	0	0	0	0	0
Writers, artists, entertainers, athletes	7: Hispanic	93,668	348	8	0	0	0	0	0
Writers, artists, entertainers, athletes	8: NonHispanic	1,878,056	6,950	174	4	13	7	26	18
Other professional specialty occs	1: Total	2,227,360	8,521	246	4	34	17	29	15
Other professional specialty occs	2: Male	1,332,391	4,953	190	4	56	28	54	28
Other professional specialty occs	3: Female	894,969	3,568	56	0	0	0	0	0
Other professional specialty occs	4: White	1,952,622	7,367	191	4	38	19	34	17
Other professional specialty occs	5: Black	225,915	973	51	0	0	0	0	0
Other professional specialty occs	6: Other	48,823	181	4	0	0	0	0	0
Other professional specialty occs	7: Hispanic	98,301	368	10	1	263	261	165	164
Other professional specialty occs	8: NonHispanic	2,129,060	8,153	236	3	24	14	23	13
Health technologists/technicians	1: Total	1,357,639	5,410	74	4	16	9	10	6
Health technologists/technicians	2: Male	247,624	898	24	1	38	38	25	25
Health technologists/technicians	3: Female	1,110,015	4,512	50	3	11	7	7	4
Health technologists/technicians	4: White	1,091,114	4,217	56	3	17	11	10	6
Health technologists/technicians	5: Black	198,689	952	18	1	17	17	13	13
Health technologists/technicians	6: Other	67,836	241	0	0	0	0	0	0
Health technologists/technicians	7: Hispanic	89,019	334	4	0	0	0	0	0
Health technologists/technicians	8: NonHispanic	1,268,620	5,076	70	4	17	9	11	6
Technologists, technicians except health	1: Total	2,658,590	9,926	186	17	92	23	158	87
Technologists, technicians except health	2: Male	1,830,242	6,736	148	16	128	32	207	115
Technologists, technicians except health	3: Female	828,348	3,190	38	1	16	16	17	17
Technologists, technicians except health	4: White	2,305,125	8,541	152	16	100	26	168	91
Technologists, technicians except health	5: Black	191,172	795	29	1	78	78	53	54
Technologists, technicians except health	6: Other	162,293	590	5	0	0	0	0	0
Technologists, technicians except health	7: Hispanic	146,493	532	3	0	0	0	0	0
Technologists, technicians except health	8: NonHispanic	2,512,097	9,394	183	17	98	24	164	89
Supervisors and proprietors	1: Total	3,596,023	13,631	372	9	58	27	110	78
Supervisors and proprietors	2: Male	2,315,820	8,610	289	9	89	42	225	173
Supervisors and proprietors	3: Female	1,280,203	5,021	83	0	0	0	0	0
Supervisors and proprietors	4: White	3,297,445	12,480	346	8	55	28	113	84
Supervisors and proprietors	5: Black	169,165	684	18	1	161	156	88	83
Supervisors and proprietors	6: Other	129,414	467	8	0	0	0	0	0
Supervisors and proprietors	7: Hispanic	197,592	738	17	0	0	0	0	0
Supervisors and proprietors	8: NonHispanic	3,398,432	12,893	355	9	61	29	117	83
Sales representatives, commodities and finance	1: Total	3,603,720	13,483	385	11	37	14	41	18
Sales representatives, commodities and finance	2: Male	2,395,527	8,838	299	10	52	20	59	27
Sales representatives, commodities and finance	3: Female	1,208,194	4,645	86	1	7	7	9	9
Sales representatives, commodities and finance	4: White	3,373,892	12,582	367	10	37	14	42	19
Sales representatives, commodities and finance	5: Black	145,970	608	15	1	49	48	46	46
Sales representatives, commodities and finance	6: Other	83,858	293	3	0	0	0	0	0
Sales representatives, commodities and finance	7: Hispanic	155,619	586	10	0	0	0	0	0
Sales representatives, commodities and finance	8: NonHispanic	3,448,101	12,897	375	11	38	14	43	19
Other sales	1: Total	5,892,896	22,506	597	12	24	8	21	8
Other sales	2: Male	2,016,522	7,429	325	9	57	22	54	23
Other sales	3: Female	3,876,373	15,077	272	3	8	5	6	4
Other sales	4: White	5,079,311	19,128	523	12	28	9	24	9
Other sales	5: Black	574,014	2,540	55	0	0	0	0	0
Other sales	6: Other	239,570	838	19	0	0	0	0	0
Other sales	7: Hispanic	453,580	1,726	33	3	77	52	54	32
Other sales	8: NonHispanic	5,439,315	20,780	564	9	20	8	18	8
Computer equipment operators	1: Total	670,109	2,588	44	3	39	24	22	14
Computer equipment operators	2: Male	239,795	871	20	2	61	50	34	29
Computer equipment operators	3: Female	430,315	1,717	24	1	27	27	17	17
Computer equipment operators	4: White	551,272	2,072	31	3	47	30	28	18
Computer equipment operators	5: Black	94,249	428	12	0	0	0	0	0
Computer equipment operators	6: Other	24,588	88	1	0	0	0	0	0
Computer equipment operators	7: Hispanic	42,368	154	4	1	276	278	132	125
Computer equipment operators	8: NonHispanic	627,741	2,434	40	2	23	19	14	12
Secretaries, stenographers and typists	1: Total	4,413,986	17,163	292	6	21	8	20	9
Secretaries, stenographers and typists	2: Male	82,392	305	7	0	0	0	0	0
Secretaries, stenographers and typists	3: Female	4,331,594	16,858	285	6	22	9	20	9
Secretaries, stenographers and typists	4: White	3,926,331	14,967	265	5	23	9	22	10
Secretaries, stenographers and typists	5: Black	383,375	1,834	25	1	12	12	7	7
Secretaries, stenographers and typists	6: Other	104,279	362	2	0	0	0	0	0
Secretaries, stenographers and typists	7: Hispanic	268,104	1,020	11	0	0	0	0	0
Secretaries, stenographers and typists	8: NonHispanic	4,145,882	16,143	281	6	23	9	21	10
Financial records processing occs	1: Total	2,245,512	8,741	222	6	69	31	58	26
Financial records processing occs	2: Male	220,612	807	42	1	276	275	313	303
Financial records processing occs	3: Female	2,024,900	7,934	180	5	46	28	38	23
Financial records processing occs	4: White	2,018,647	7,784	207	6	76	34	63	28
Financial records processing occs	5: Black	141,277	649	9	0	0	0	0	0
Financial records processing occs	6: Other	85,588	308	6	0	0	0	0	0
Financial records processing occs	7: Hispanic	118,397	461	6	0	0	0	0	0
Financial records processing occs	8: NonHispanic	2,127,115	8,280	216	6	72	32	60	27
Mail and message distributing	1: Total	914,844	3,637	95	4	91	59	97	65
Mail and message distributing	2: Male	583,219	2,240	81	2	88	78	77	69
Mail and message distributing	3: Female	331,625	1,397	14	2	97	90	107	102
Mail and message distributing	4: White	694,766	2,659	68	3	110	77	116	80
Mail and message distributing	5: Black	178,086	825	23	1	38	38	25	25
Mail and message distributing	6: Other	41,992	153	4	0	0	0	0	0
Mail and message distributing	7: Hispanic	72,808	275	9	1	426	423	389	386
Mail and message distributing	8: NonHispanic	842,036	3,362	86	3	64	54	62	54
Other administrative support	1: Total	9,296,535	36,170	806	20	35	9	33	9
Other administrative support	2: Male	2,592,119	9,574	339	11	81	29	85	31
Other administrative support	3: Female	6,704,416	26,596	467	9	17	7	14	5
Other administrative support	4: White	7,787,826	29,590	657	19	38	11	38	10
Other administrative support	5: Black	1,176,476	5,390	128	0	0	0	0	0
Other administrative support	6: Other	332,234	1,190	21	1	77	69	39	35
Other administrative support	7: Hispanic	733,149	2,783	51	1	25	25	32	31
Other administrative support	8: NonHispanic	8,563,386	33,387	755	19	36	10	32	9
Private household occs	1: Total	761,954	3,249	159	1	16	16	18	18
Private household occs	2: Male	36,030	141	10	0	0	0	0	0
Private household occs	3: Female	725,924	3,108	149	1	16	16	20	20
Private household occs	4: White	525,115	2,039	68	0	0	0	0	0
Private household occs	5: Black	215,855	1,137	88	0	0	0	0	0
Private household occs	6: Other	20,984	73	3	1	590	596	639	685
Private household occs	7: Hispanic	128,949	511	5	0	0	0	0	0
Private household occs	8: NonHispanic	633,005	2,738	154	1	19	19	23	23
Police and firefighters	1: Total	1,157,796	4,333	85	3	39	26	29	19
Police and firefighters	2: Male	1,021,431	3,780	79	3	44	30	32	21
Police and firefighters	3: Female	136,365	553	6	0	0	0	0	0
Police and firefighters	4: White	973,160	3,614	73	3	46	31	33	22
Police and firefighters	5: Black	163,151	653	12	0	0	0	0	0
Police and firefighters	6: Other	21,485	66	0	0	0	0	0	0
Police and firefighters	7: Hispanic	74,433	274	6	0	0	0	0	0
Police and firefighters	8: NonHispanic	1,083,362	4,059	79	3	42	28	30	20
Other protective service occs	1: Total	793,111	3,059	190	3	21	14	19	13
Other protective service occs	2: Male	638,415	2,428	177	3	26	17	25	17
Other protective service occs	3: Female	154,696	631	13	0	0	0	0	0
Other protective service occs	4: White	596,080	2,188	139	2	24	19	22	17
Other protective service occs	5: Black	172,579	779	47	1	10	10	12	12
Other protective service occs	6: Other	24,452	92	4	0	0	0	0	0
Other protective service occs	7: Hispanic	57,736	214	10	0	0	0	0	0
Other protective service occs	8: NonHispanic	735,375	2,845	180	3	22	15	21	14
Food service	1: Total	4,570,186	17,691	433	13	36	12	44	16
Food service	2: Male	1,734,081	6,407	186	11	78	29	140	61
Food service	3: Female	2,836,105	11,284	247	2	11	8	9	7
Food service	4: White	3,677,566	13,893	320	10	35	14	43	18
Food service	5: Black	604,271	2,795	94	2	36	32	51	48
Food service	6: Other	288,349	1,003	19	1	40	40	35	36
Food service	7: Hispanic	537,477	2,037	43	0	0	0	0	0
Food service	8: NonHispanic	4,032,710	15,654	390	13	40	14	49	18
Health service	1: Total	1,986,806	8,338	196	2	16	11	12	8
Health service	2: Male	207,785	804	29	0	0	0	0	0
Health service	3: Female	1,779,022	7,534	167	2	18	13	13	9
Health service	4: White	1,377,005	5,363	107	2	23	16	17	12
Health service	5: Black	529,021	2,674	85	0	0	0	0	0
Health service	6: Other	80,780	301	4	0	0	0	0	0
Health service	7: Hispanic	157,020	614	12	0	0	0	0	0
Health service	8: NonHispanic	1,829,786	7,724	184	2	17	12	13	9
Cleaning and building service	1: Total	2,836,111	11,603	563	8	54	26	60	28
Cleaning and building service	2: Male	1,666,580	6,596	399	6	80	43	87	47
Cleaning and building service	3: Female	1,169,530	5,007	164	2	18	13	23	17
Cleaning and building service	4: White	2,035,113	7,847	343	7	73	36	77	38
Cleaning and building service	5: Black	670,658	3,301	205	0	0	0	0	0
Cleaning and building service	6: Other	130,339	455	15	1	55	55	103	108
Cleaning and building service	7: Hispanic	397,872	1,550	49	4	246	165	298	172
Cleaning and building service	8: NonHispanic	2,438,238	10,053	514	4	24	14	18	10
Personal service	1: Total	2,356,169	9,248	248	3	60	43	90	77
Personal service	2: Male	426,790	1,589	86	1	231	232	312	303
Personal service	3: Female	1,929,380	7,659	162	2	23	16	17	12
Personal service	4: White	1,985,097	7,544	182	3	71	51	104	88
Personal service	5: Black	276,853	1,380	58	0	0	0	0	0
Personal service	6: Other	94,219	324	8	0	0	0	0	0
Personal service	7: Hispanic	185,720	714	18	1	540	536	826	763
Personal service	8: NonHispanic	2,170,450	8,534	230	2	20	15	15	11
Farm operators and managers	1: Total	1,399,369	5,632	416	10	46	16	56	20
Farm operators and managers	2: Male	1,168,400	4,670	375	10	55	20	65	22
Farm operators and managers	3: Female	230,968	962	41	0	0	0	0	0
Farm operators and managers	4: White	1,360,005	5,484	398	10	47	17	57	20
Farm operators and managers	5: Black	26,581	99	15	0	0	0	0	0
Farm operators and managers	6: Other	12,783	49	3	0	0	0	0	0
Farm operators and managers	7: Hispanic	42,237	156	11	1	147	151	325	342
Farm operators and managers	8: NonHispanic	1,357,132	5,476	405	9	43	16	55	20
Farm workers and other agricultural workers	1: Total	1,616,443	6,309	247	5	18	10	23	13
Farm workers and other agricultural workers	2: Male	1,322,851	5,149	221	5	22	12	27	16
Farm workers and other agricultural workers	3: Female	293,592	1,160	26	0	0	0	0	0
Farm workers and other agricultural workers	4: White	1,421,858	5,488	191	4	16	10	19	13
Farm workers and other agricultural workers	5: Black	158,075	683	50	1	43	43	39	39
Farm workers and other agricultural workers	6: Other	36,510	138	6	0	0	0	0	0
Farm workers and other agricultural workers	7: Hispanic	373,069	1,446	36	1	38	34	60	55
Farm workers and other agricultural workers	8: NonHispanic	1,243,374	4,863	211	4	13	7	12	7
Forestry and fishing occs	1: Total	199,857	710	37	3	187	126	168	110
Forestry and fishing occs	2: Male	191,542	680	35	3	195	131	176	115
Forestry and fishing occs	3: Female	8,315	30	2	0	0	0	0	0
Forestry and fishing occs	4: White	170,245	599	27	3	221	148	203	133
Forestry and fishing occs	5: Black	23,999	93	10	0	0	0	0	0
Forestry and fishing occs	6: Other	5,614	18	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forestry and fishing occs	7: Hispanic	6,092	23	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forestry and fishing occs	8: NonHispanic	193,766	687	37	3	193	129	171	111
Mechanics and repairers	1: Total	4,203,192	15,896	508	29	101	22	141	51
Mechanics and repairers	2: Male	4,037,571	15,240	498	29	105	23	146	53