Self-inflicted Injury/Suicide (Data are for U.S. for year indicated) Health care use Number of emergency department visits for self-inflicted injury: 594,000 Source: National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2006 Emergency Department Summary, Table 13 Mortality All suicides Number of deaths: 32,637 Deaths per 100,000 population: 11.0 Firearm suicides Number of deaths: 17,002 Deaths per 100,000 population: 5.7 Suffocation suicides Number of deaths: 7,248 Deaths per 100,000 population: 2.4 Poisoning suicides Number of deaths: 5,744 Deaths per 100,000 population: 1.9 Source: Deaths: Final Data for 2005, Table 18 More data Deaths: Leading Causes for 2004 Death rates for suicide, according to sex, race, Hispanic origin, and age: selected years 1950-2004 Health, United States, 2007, Table 46 Suicidal ideation, suicide attempts, and injurious suicide attempts among students in grades 9-12, by sex, grade level, race, and Hispanic origin: selected years 1991-2005 Health, United States, 2007, Table 62
Related links National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey ICD-10 Injury Mortality Framework Documents National Center for Health Statistics Injury Data and Resources International Collaborative Effort (ICE) on Injury Statistics National Center for Injury Prevention and Control Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System (WISQARS) Injury Control Resource Information Network National Institute for Mental Health
This page last reviewed
December 17, 2008
|