This 2 page summary, prepared for the American Association of Suicidology, gives numbers & rates of suicide for the US for 1989. Data is broken down into total numbers & the number of male, female, white, nonwhite, black, elderly & young suicides. Figures (some are estimates) are given for completions, attempts & the number of suicide survivors. The rate (per 100,000), actual numbers & the ranking of each state is also provided. Data was obtained from the National Center for Health Statistics.