America Becoming: Racial Trends and Their Consequences, Volume II

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America Becoming: Racial Trends and Their Consequences - Volume II

TABLE 14–7 Trends in Homicide, 1950–1995

	1950	1960	1970	1980	1985	1990	1995
A. Age-Adjusted Death Rates per 100,000 Population
White	2.6	2.7	4.7	6.9	5.4	5.9	5.5
Black	30.5	27.4	46.1	40.6	29.2	39.5	33.4
American Indian	–	–	–	16.0	12.2	11.1	11.9
Asian or PI	–	–	–	5.6	4.2	5.2	5.4
Hispanic	–	–	–	–	15.7	17.7	15.0
B. Minority/White Ratios
B/W	11.73	10.15	9.81	5.88	5.41	6.69	6.07
Am. Indian/W	–	–	–	2.32	2.26	1.88	2.16
Asian or PI/W	–	–	–	0.81	0.78	0.88	0.98
Hispanic/W	–	–	–	–	2.91	3.00	2.73
SOURCE: NCHS (1998).

Suicide

Suicide was the ninth leading cause of death in the United States in 1996, claiming some 30,903 lives that year. Table 14–8 shows that, in 1995, Native Americans or Alaska Natives had a suicide rate slightly higher than that of Whites, with Blacks, Asians or Pacific Islanders, and Hispanics having rates considerably lower. The table also shows that there was remarkable consistency in suicide rates over time for the White population, with the rate changing from 11.6 in 1950 to 11.9 in 1995. The highest

TABLE 14–8 Trends in Suicide, 1950–1995

	1950	1960	1970	1980	1985	1990	1995
A. Age-Adjusted Death Rates per 100,000 Population
White	11.6	11.1	12.4	12.1	12.3	12.2	11.9
Black	4.2	4.7	6.1	6.4	6.4	7.0	6.9
American Indian	–	–	–	12.8	12.1	12.4	12.2
Asian or PI	–	–	–	6.7	6.4	6.0	6.6
Hispanic	–	–	–	–	6.1	7.3	7.2
B. Minority/White Ratios
B/W	0.36	0.42	0.49	0.53	0.52	0.57	0.58
Am. Indian/W	–	–	–	1.06	0.98	1.02	1.03
Asian or PI/W	–	–	–	0.55	0.52	0.49	0.55
Hispanic/W	–	–	–	–	0.50	0.60	0.61
SOURCE: NCHS (1998).

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