Suicide and Self-Harm Injury
Data are for the U.S.
Emergency department visits
- Number of emergency department visits for self-harm injury: 187,000
Source: National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2020 National Summary Tables, table 15
Mortality
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
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More data: reports and tables
- Trends in Suicide from Health, United States
- Health, United States — Topic Page: Suicide
- Deaths: Leading Causes for 2019 [PDF – 3 MB]
- Suicide Mortality in the United States, 2000-2020
- Suicide mortality in the United States, 1999-2019
- Urban-rural Differences in Suicide Rates, by Sex and Three Leading Methods: United States, 2000-2018
- State Suicide Rates Among Adolescents and Young Adults Aged 10-24: United States, 2000-2018 [PDF – 477 KB]
- Increase in Suicide Mortality in the United States, 1999–2018
- Death Rates Due to Suicide and Homicide Among Persons Aged 10–24: United States, 2000–2017
- Suicide Rates for Females and Males by Race and Ethnicity: United States: 1999 and 2017
- Suicide Mortality in the United States, 1999–2017
- Recent Increases in Injury Mortality Among Children and Adolescents Aged 10–19 Years in the United States: 1999–2016 [PDF – 413 KB]