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 200 4
Deaths:
Injuries, 2002
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
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Data Interactive
Related
links
National
Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey
Mortality
data
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
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December 17, 2008