Suicide and Self-Harm Injury

• Number of emergency department visits for self-harm injury: 312,000

Source: National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2018 National Summary Tables, table 16pdf icon

All suicides

• Number of deaths: 45,979
• Deaths per 100,000 population: 14.0
• Cause of death rank: 12

Source: National Vital Statistics System – Mortality Data (2020) via CDC WONDER

Firearm suicides

• Number of deaths: 24,292
• Deaths per 100,000 population: 7.4

Source: National Vital Statistics System – Mortality Data (2020) via CDC WONDER

Suffocation suicides

• Number of deaths: 12,495
• Deaths per 100,000 population: 3.8

Source: National Vital Statistics System – Mortality Data (2020) via CDC WONDER

Poisoning suicides

• Number of deaths: 5,528
• Deaths per 100,000 population: 1.7

Source: National Vital Statistics System – Mortality Data (2020) via CDC WONDER

• Ambulatory Health Care Data
• Mortality Statistics
• National Center for Health Statistics: Injury Data and Resources
• Injury Definitions and Methods pdf icon[PDF – 2.5 MB]
• National Center for Injury Prevention and Control