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Indicator: Suicide Attempt Hospitalizations, King County

  • Source: Washington State Department of Health, Office of Hospital and Patient Data Systems, Hospital Discharge Data.
  • Most recent data (2007): 41.9 hospitalizations per 100,000, including 813 hospitalizations.

See also: Indicators | Health Planning Areas

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Trend Over Time
Demographic Differences
Last 10 Years
Last 5 Years
5-year Average, 2003-2007
1998-2007
2003-2007
Rate
Lower CI
Upper CI
All
▼
▼
43.6
42.3
45.0
Age
10-17
▼
▼
38.5
34.5
42.8
18-24
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---
73.9
68.3
79.7
25-44
▼
▼
67.2
64.2
70.2
45-64
▼
▼
44.9
42.3
47.7
65+
▼
▼
15.8
13.4
18.5
Gender
Male
▼
▼
35.8
34.1
37.6
Female
▼
▼
51.8
49.7
53.9
Race/Ethnicity
African American
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
American Indian/AN
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Asian/PI
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Hispanic/Latino
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
White
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Neighborhood Poverty Level
High Poverty
▼
▼
107.2
96.8
119.3
Medium Poverty
▼
▼
44.5
42.8
46.2
Low Poverty
---
---
34.1
31.8
36.6
Region
East
---
---
30.2
27.9
32.6
South
▼
▼
43.7
41.6
46.0
Seattle
▼
▼
52.5
49.9
55.2
North
---
---
50.8
46.0
55.9
Trend symbols:
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 up, statistically significant
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 down, statistically significant
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 flat, no trend
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 getting worse
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 getting better

Notes:

N/A: Not available

^ Too few occurrences to meet validity standard

CI is 95% Confidence Interval

Rate = Hospitalizations per 100,000 population, age-adjusted to the US 2000 population

Persons of Hispanic/Latino ethnicity can be of any race and are included in the racial categories


See also:

King County AIMs High*

Injury prevention

*AIMs High performance reports by the King County Office of Strategic Planning and Performance Management can help you understand social, economic, and environmental conditions throughout the county and what King County government is doing to improve those conditions.