Suicide and Self-Inflicted Injury
Data are for the U.S.
Emergency department visits
- Number of emergency department visits for self-inflicted injury: 273,000
Mortality
All suicides
- Number of deaths: 44,965
- Deaths per 100,000 population: 13.9
- Cause of death rank: 10
Firearm suicides
- Number of deaths: 22,938
- Deaths per 100,000 population: 7.1
Suffocation suicides
- Number of deaths: 11,642
- Deaths per 100,000 population: 3.6
Poisoning suicides
- Number of deaths: 6,698
- Deaths per 100,000 population: 2.1
Source: Deaths: Final Data for 2016, tables 8, 9 pdf icon[PDF – 2 MB]
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Page last reviewed: May 30, 2016
Content source: CDC/National Center for Health Statistics