Suicide and Self-Harm Injury

• Number of emergency department visits for self-harm injury: 660,000

Source: National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2021 National Summary Tables, table 15 [PDF – 830 KB]

All suicides

• Number of deaths: 49,476
• Deaths per 100,000 population: 14.8
• Cause of death rank: 11

Source: National Vital Statistics System – Mortality Data (2022) via CDC WONDER

Firearm suicides

• Number of deaths: 27,032
• Deaths per 100,000 population: 8.1

Source: National Vital Statistics System – Mortality Data (2022) via CDC WONDER

Suffocation suicides

• Number of deaths: 12,247
• Deaths per 100,000 population: 3.7

Source: National Vital Statistics System – Mortality Data (2022) via CDC WONDER

Poisoning suicides

• Number of deaths: 6,150
• Deaths per 100,000 population: 1.8

Source: National Vital Statistics System – Mortality Data (2022) via CDC WONDER

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