QuickStats: Age-Adjusted Rates of Firearm-Related Suicide, by Race, Hispanic Origin, and Sex — National Vital Statistics System, United States, 2019

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In 2019, males had a higher age-adjusted rate of firearm-related suicide than females, in total and across race or Hispanic origin groups. Among males, non-Hispanic White males had the highest age-adjusted rate of firearm-related suicide.
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Deaths per 100,000 population by sex and race/ethnicity.

In 2019, among males, non-Hispanic White males had the highest age-adjusted rate of firearm-related suicide at 15.8 per 100,000 population, followed by non-Hispanic American Indian or Alaskan Native males (11.2), non-Hispanic Black males (6.9), Hispanic males (4.6), and non-Hispanic Asian or Pacific Islander males (3.2).

Among females, non-Hispanic White and non-Hispanic American Indian or Alaskan Native females had the highest rates (2.6 and 2.2, respectively), followed by non-Hispanic Black females (0.8), Hispanic females (0.6), and non-Hispanic Asian or Pacific Islander females (0.4).

Males had higher rates than females across all race and Hispanic origin groups.

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7041a5.htm

Source: National Vital Statistics System, Mortality Data, 2019. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/deaths.htm.

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