QuickStats: Age-Adjusted Suicide Rates, by Urbanization Level and Sex — National Vital Statistics System, 2020

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In 2020, age-adjusted suicide rates among females increased as the level of urbanization declined, but were similar for small metropolitan, micropolitan, and noncore areas.
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Authors: Matthew F. Garnett, MPH, and Merianne R. Spencer, MPH

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The figure is a bar chart indicating age-adjusted suicide rates, by urbanization level and sex, during 2020 according to the National Vital Statistics System.
Age-Adjusted Suicide Rates, by Urbanization Level and Sex, 2020

In 2020, age-adjusted suicide rates among females increased as the level of urbanization declined, from 4.6 per 100,000 population in large central metropolitan areas to 7.1 in small metropolitan areas, but were similar for small metropolitan, micropolitan, and noncore areas.

Rates among males were lowest in large central areas (16.9) and increased as the level of urbanization declined to 33.7 in noncore areas. Males had higher death rates than females for each corresponding urbanization level.

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/71/wr/mm7136a4.htm

Source: National Vital Statistics System, Mortality Data, 2020. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/deaths.htm.

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