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Injury and Violence Prevention

Nebraska Division of Public Health

Unintentional suffocation deaths per 100,000 (age-adjusted)

Current Value

2.2

2013

Definition

Story Behind the Curve

National Comparison 2013: 8.1

Nebraska Racial/Ethnic Comparison (2009-2013, combined):

  • White NH: 2.2
  • African American NH: 27.5
  • Native American NH: 1.3
  • Asian/Pacific Islander NH: -*
  • Hispanic: 1.3

NH = Non-Hispanic