Suicide Data: United States
Suicide is a public health problem and leading cause of death in the United States. Suicide can also be prevented — more investment in suicide
prevention, education, and research will prevent the untimely deaths of thousands of Americans each year. Unless otherwise noted, this fact
sheet reports 2019 data from the CDC, the most current verified data available at time of publication (January 2021).
47,511 Americans
died by suicide making
it the 10th leading
cause of death.
Men died by suicide 3.63x more often
than females.
Females were 1.66x more likely to
attempt suicide.
90% of those who died by
suicide had a diagnosable
mental health condition at
the time of their death.
• 2nd leading cause of death for ages 10-34
• 4th leading cause of death for ages 35-44
• 36.6% of people who died by suicide
were 55 or older
12 million Americans have
serious thoughts of suicide.
1.379 million Americans
attempted suicide.
54% of Americans have been affected
by suicide in some way.
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60.29% of firearm deaths
were suicides.
Among adults with a diagnosed mental
health condition 43.8% did not receive
mental health services in the past year.
50.39% of all suicides
were by firearms.
In 2019, the suicide rate was
1.5x higher for Veterans
than for non-Veteran
adults over the age of 18.
73.1% of the United States did
not have enough mental health
providers to serve residents in
2020, according to federal
guidelines.
Suicide Data: United States
States in the top third of
suicide rates in the U.S.
States in the middle third
of suicide rates in the U.S.
WA
15.89
MT
26.17
OR
20.25
ID
20.30
States in the lower third of
suicide rates in the U.S.
NV
19.79
WY
29.60
ND
18.49
MN
14.46
SD
21.00
NE
15.98
UT
21.24
CO
22.10
CA
10.64
AZ
18.59
NH
17.33
VT
ME
16.03
19.41
NM
24.06
KS
18.13
OK
20.48
WI
13.99
IA
16.70
MI
14.27
IN
IL
10.87 14.20
MO
18.21
AR
17.97
TX
13.38
HI
15.64
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OH
15.14
KY
16.49
PA
14.04
WV
18.58
TN
17.20
MS
AL
14.46 16.28
AK
28.51
NY
8.26
VA
12.79
NC
12.51
SC
16.18
GA
14.67
LA
15.06
FL
14.50
MA
8.64
RI
CT 10.78
11.36
NJ
DE
8.03
11.25
MD
10.29
DC
6.09