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: 41,149
- Deaths per 100,000 population: 13.0
- Cause of death rank: 10
Firearm suicides
- Number of deaths: 21,175
- Deaths per 100,000 population: 6.7
Suffocation suicides
- Number of deaths: 10,062
- Deaths per 100,000 population: 3.2
Poisoning suicides
- Number of deaths: 6,637
- Deaths per 100,000 population: 2.1
Source: Deaths: Final Data for 2013, table 18 [PDF - 1.5 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
- 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
- Search Tables for Suicide in Health Data Interactive
- Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System (WISQARS)
- Page last reviewed: May 30, 2014
- Page last updated: February 3, 2016
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