highest suicide rate is for white males (22.3), while the lowest rate is for black females (2.3). The rate for white females is 5.9, while that for black males is 11.1.
For all males, the suicide rate increases from childhood through age 34, after which the rate declines through age 44, when it begins to increase once again, and continues to increase through all successive ages (Bureau of the Census, 1991). The pattern is different for white and black males. The rate for black males increases from childhood through age 34, after which it decreases through age 64, when it begins to increase once again. By contrast, the rate for white males increases from childhood through age 24, after which it decreases through age 54, when it begins to increase once again.
For all females, the suicide rate increases from childhood through age 54, after which the rate declines through all successive ages (Bureau of the Census, 1991). The pattern is different for white and black females. The rate for black females increases from childhood through age 34
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