Suicide and Self-Inflicted Injury
Data are for the U.S.
Emergency department visits
- Number of emergency department visits for self-inflicted injury: 836,000
Mortality
All suicides
- Number of deaths: 42,773
- Deaths per 100,000 population: 13.4
- Cause of death rank: 10
Firearm suicides
- Number of deaths: 21,334
- 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]
More data
- All Injuries
- Accidents/Unintentional Injuries
- Assault/Homicide
- CDC WONDER-Multiple Cause-of-Death Data
- CDC WONDER - Underlying Cause of Death
- Deaths: Leading Causes for 2013 [PDF - 4.8 MB]
- Health, United States Trend tables on Injury
- Increase in Suicide in the United States, 1999-2014
- Injury in the United States, 2007 Chartbook [PDF - 6.6 MB]
- NCHS Fact Sheet - NCHS Data on Injuries
- Racial and Gender Disparities in Suicide Among Young Adults Aged 18–24: United States, 2009–2013
- Suicide Rates for Females and Males by Race/Ethnicity: United States: 1999 and 2014 [PDF - 285 KB]
- Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System (WISQARS)
- Page last reviewed: May 30, 2014
- Page last updated: October 6, 2016
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