30%
The increase in the rate of death by suicide in the United States between 2000 and 2016, from 10.4 to 13.5 per 100,000 people, according to a National Center for Health Statistics analysis of data from the National Vital Statistics System. The rate increased by about 1 percent per year from 2000 through 2006 and by about 2 percent per year from 2006 through 2016.
50%
The increase in suicides among girls and women between 2000 and 2016, from 4 to 6 per 100,000.
21%
The increase in suicides among boys and men between 2000 and 2016, from 17.7 to 21.4 per 100,000.
10
Suicide was the 10th-leading cause of death in the United States in 2016. It was the second-leading cause of death among people ages 10 to 34 and the fourth-leading cause among people ages 35 to 54.
Source: Hedegaard, H., et al. (2018). Suicide rates in the United States continue to increase. NCHS Data Brief No. 309. National Center for Health Statistics. Available at www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db309.htmopens in new window.
