Suicide and Self-Inflicted Injury
Data are for the U.S.
Emergency department visits
- Number of emergency department visits for self-inflicted injury: 383,000
Mortality
All suicides
- Number of deaths: 42,826
- Deaths per 100,000 population: 13.4
- Cause of death rank: 10
Firearm suicides
- Number of deaths: 21,386
- Deaths per 100,000 population: 6.7
Suffocation suicides
- Number of deaths: 11,407
- Deaths per 100,000 population: 3.6
Poisoning suicides
- Number of deaths: 6,808
- Deaths per 100,000 population: 2.1
Source: Deaths: Final Data for 2014, table 18 [PDF – 4.4 MB]
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- Deaths: Leading Causes for 2014 [PDF – 3.5 MB]
- Increase in Suicide in the United States, 1999-2014
- Suicide Rates for Females and Males by Race/Ethnicity: United States: 1999 and 2014 [PDF – 285 KB]
- Racial and Gender Disparities in Suicide Among Young Adults Aged 18–24: United States, 2009–2013
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- Page last reviewed: May 30, 2016
- Page last updated: March 17, 2017
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