suicide rate over time www.infoplease.com/ipa/A077994

 ,1950,1960,1970,1980,1990,1995,2000,2001,2002,2003,2004,2005,2010
"All ages, age adjusted",13.2,13.2,13.2,13.2,12.5,11.8,10.4,10.7,10.9,10.8,11.0,11.0,12.1
05–14 years,0.2,0.3,0.3,0.4,0.8,0.9,0.7,0.7,0.6,0.6,0.7,0.7,0.7
15–24 years,4.5,5.2,8.8,12.3,13.2,13.0,10.2,9.9,9.9,9.7,10.3,10.0,10.5
15–19 years,2.7,3.6,5.9,8.5,11.1,10.3,8.0,7.9,7.4,7.3,-,-,7.5
20–24 years,6.2,7.1,12.2,16.1,15.1,15.8,12.5,12.0,12.4,12.1,-,-,13.6
25–44 years,11.6,12.2,15.4,15.6,15.2,15.1,13.4,13.8,14.0,13.8,-,-,15.0
25–34 years,9.1,10.0,14.1,16.0,15.2,15.0,12.0,12.8,12.6,12.7,12.7,12.4,14.0
35–44 years,14.3,14.2,16.9,15.4,15.3,15.1,14.5,14.7,15.3,14.9,15.0,14.9,16.0
45–64 years,23.5,22.0,20.6,15.9,15.3,13.9,13.5,14.4,14.9,15.0,16.6,16.5,18.6
45–54 years,20.9,20.7,20.0,15.9,14.8,14.4,14.4,15.2,15.7,15.9,-,-,19.6
55–64 years,26.8,23.7,21.4,15.9,16.0,13.2,12.1,13.1,13.6,13.8,13.8,13.9,17.5
65 years and over,30.0,24.5,20.8,17.6,20.5,17.9,15.2,15.3,15.6,14.6,-,-,14.9
65–74 years,29.6,23.0,20.8,16.9,17.9,15.7,12.5,13.3,13.5,12.7,12.3,12.6,13.7
75–84 years,31.1,27.9,21.2,19.1,24.9,20.6,17.6,17.4,17.7,16.4,16.3,16.9,15.7
85 years and over,28.8,26.0,19.0,19.2,22.2,21.3,19.6,17.5,18.0,16.9,16.4,16.9,17.6
"Male, all ages",21.2,20.0,19.8,19.9,21.5,20.3,17.7,18.2,18.4,18.0,18.0,17.7,19.8
"Female, all ages",5.6,5.6,7.4,5.7,4.8,4.3,4.0,4.0,4.2,4.2,4.2,4.5,5.0