TABLE 1. Number, percentage,* and rate† of suicides among persons aged ≥10 years,§ by selected demographic characteristics of decedent,¶ method used, and location in which injury occurred — National Violent Death Reporting System, 42 states and the District of Columbia,** 2019.
| Characteristic | Male |
Female |
Total |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. (%) | Rate | No. (%) | Rate | No. (%) | Rate | |
|
Age group (yrs)
| ||||||
| 10–14 |
245 (<1.0) |
3.4 |
133 (1.9) |
1.9 |
378 (1.1)
|
2.7
|
| 15–19 |
1,184 (4.6) |
16.3 |
362 (5.1) |
5.2 |
1,546 (4.7)
|
10.8
|
| 20–24 |
2,147 (8.3) |
28.5 |
450 (6.3) |
6.3 |
2,597 (7.8)
|
17.6
|
| 25–29 |
2,340 (9.0) |
28.9 |
520 (7.3) |
6.7 |
2,860 (8.6)
|
18.0
|
| 30–34 |
2,290 (8.8) |
30.0 |
535 (7.5) |
7.2 |
2,825 (8.5)
|
18.7
|
| 35–44 |
4,128 (15.9) |
29.4 |
1,205 (16.9) |
8.6 |
5,333 (16.1)
|
19.0
|
| 45–54 |
4,122 (15.9) |
30.1 |
1,514 (21.3) |
10.8 |
5,636 (17.0)
|
20.3
|
| 55–64 |
4,345 (16.7) |
30.8 |
1,357 (19.1) |
9.0 |
5,702 (17.2)
|
19.6
|
| 65–74 |
2,681 (10.3) |
26.6 |
655 (9.2) |
5.7 |
3,336 (10.1)
|
15.5
|
| 75–84 |
1,730 (6.7) |
36.8 |
275 (3.9) |
4.6 |
2,005 (6.1)
|
18.7
|
| ≥85 |
780 (3.0) |
49.3 |
107 (1.5) |
3.7 |
887 (2.7)
|
19.9
|
| Unknown |
2 (<1.0) |
—†† |
1 (<1.0) |
— |
4 (<1.0)
|
—
|
|
Race and ethnicity
| ||||||
| White, non-Hispanic |
20,932 (80.5) |
32.7 |
5,694 (80.0) |
8.6 |
26,626 (80.4)
|
20.5
|
| Black, non-Hispanic |
1,847 (7.1) |
15.5 |
474 (6.7) |
3.6 |
2,321 (7.0)
|
9.3
|
| American Indian or Alaska Native, non-Hispanic |
427 (1.6) |
45.6 |
148 (2.1) |
14.9 |
575 (1.7)
|
29.8
|
| Asian or Pacific Islander |
799 (3.1) |
13.9 |
294 (4.1) |
4.6 |
1,093 (3.3)
|
9.0
|
| Hispanic§§ |
1,905 (7.3) |
14.3 |
492 (6.9) |
3.8 |
2,397 (7.2)
|
9.1
|
| Other |
67 (<1.0) |
— |
9 (<1.0) |
— |
77 (<1.0)
|
—
|
| Unknown |
17 (<1.0) |
— |
3 (<1.0) |
— |
20 (<1.0)
|
—
|
|
Method
| ||||||
| Firearm |
14,355 (55.2) |
15.0 |
2,150 (30.2) |
2.2 |
16,505 (49.9)
|
8.4
|
| Hanging, strangulation, or suffocation |
7,612 (29.3) |
7.9 |
2,150 (30.2) |
2.2 |
9,763 (29.5)
|
5.0
|
| Poisoning |
1,982 (7.6) |
2.1 |
2,173 (30.5) |
2.2 |
4,155 (12.5)
|
2.1
|
| Fall |
589 (2.3) |
0.6 |
214 (3.0) |
0.2 |
803 (2.4)
|
0.4
|
| Sharp instrument |
553 (2.1) |
0.6 |
109 (1.5) |
0.1 |
662 (2.0)
|
0.3
|
| Motor vehicles (e.g., buses, motorcycles, or other transport vehicles) |
415 (1.6) |
0.4 |
114 (1.6) |
0.1 |
529 (1.6)
|
0.3
|
| Drowning |
205 (<h1.0) |
0.2 |
107 (1.5) |
0.1 |
312 (<1.0)
|
0.2
|
| Fire or burns |
94 (<1.0) |
0.1 |
33 (<1.0) |
<0.1 |
127 (<1.0)
|
<0.1
|
| Blunt instrument |
36 (<1.0) |
<0.1 |
15 (<1.0) |
— |
51 (<1.0)
|
<0.1
|
| Other (e.g., Taser, electrocution, or nail gun, intentional neglect, or personal weapons) |
46 (<1.0) |
— |
12 (<1.0) |
— |
58 (<1.0)
|
—
|
| Unknown |
107 (<1.0) |
— |
37 (<1.0) |
— |
144 (<1.0)
|
—
|
|
Location of injury
| ||||||
| House or apartment |
18,547 (71.4) |
19.4 |
5,582 (78.5) |
5.6 |
24,129 (72.9)
|
12.3
|
| Motor vehicle |
1,404 (5.4) |
1.5 |
281 (3.9) |
0.3 |
1,685 (5.1)
|
0.9
|
| Natural area |
1,250 (4.8) |
1.3 |
224 (3.1) |
0.2 |
1,475 (4.5)
|
0.8
|
| Street or highway |
724 (2.8) |
0.8 |
121 (1.7) |
0.1 |
845 (2.6)
|
0.4
|
| Hotel or motel |
553 (2.1) |
0.6 |
205 (2.9) |
0.2 |
758 (2.3)
|
0.4
|
| Parking lot, public garage, or public transport |
448 (1.7) |
0.5 |
87 (1.2) |
<0.1 |
535 (1.6)
|
0.3
|
| Park, playground, or sports or athletic area |
429 (1.7) |
0.5 |
60 (<1.0) |
<0.1 |
489 (1.5)
|
0.3
|
| Jail or prison |
410 (1.6) |
0.4 |
35 (<1.0) |
<0.1 |
445 (1.3)
|
0.2
|
| Railroad tracks |
223 (<1.0) |
0.2 |
51 (<1.0) |
<0.1 |
274 (<1.0)
|
0.1
|
| Bridge |
194 (<1.0) |
0.2 |
66 (<1.0) |
<0.1 |
260 (<1.0)
|
0.1
|
| Commercial or retail area |
216 (<1.0) |
0.2 |
28 (<1.0) |
<0.1 |
244 (<1.0)
|
0.1
|
| Supervised residential facility |
109 (<1.0) |
0.1 |
52 (<1.0) |
<0.1 |
161 (<1.0)
|
<0.1
|
| Other location¶¶ |
922 (3.5) |
— |
155 (2.2) |
— |
1,077 (3.3)
|
—
|
| Unknown |
565 (2.2) |
— |
167 (2.3) |
— |
732 (2.2)
|
—
|
| Total | 25,994 (100) | 27.1 | 7,114 (100) | 7.1 | 33,109 (100) | 16.9 |
* Percentages might not total 100% due to rounding.
† Per 100,000 population.
§ Suicide is not reported for decedents aged <10 years, as per standard in the suicide prevention literature. Denominators for the suicide rates represent the total population aged ≥10 years.
¶ Sex was unknown for one decedent.
** Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. Illinois and Pennsylvania collected data on ≥80% of violent deaths in their state, in accordance with requirements under which these states were funded. Data for Illinois are for violent deaths that occurred in 47 counties (Adams, Alexander, Bond, Boone, Brown, Bureau, Champaign, Clay, Cook, DeKalb, Douglas, DuPage, Effingham, Fayette, Fulton, Grundy, Henry, Iroquois, Jackson, Jefferson, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall, Lake, Lasalle, Livingston, Logan, McDonough, McHenry, McLean, Macoupin, Madison, Menard, Peoria, Perry, Piatt, Putnam, Rock Island, St. Clair, Sangamon, Schuyler, Stark, Tazewell, Vermilion, Wayne, Will, and Winn). Data for Pennsylvania are for violent deaths that occurred in 40 counties (Adams, Allegheny, Armstrong, Berks, Blair, Bradford, Bucks, Cameron, Cambria, Carbon, Centre, Chester, Clarion, Clearfield, Clinton, Crawford, Dauphin, Delaware, Erie, Fayette, Forest, Greene, Indiana, Jefferson, Lackawanna, Lancaster, Lehigh, Luzerne, Monroe, Montgomery, Northampton, Philadelphia, Schuylkill, Somerset, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Union, Westmoreland, Wyoming, and York). Data for California are for violent deaths that occurred in 30 counties (Amador, Butte, Colusa, Fresno, Glenn, Humboldt, Imperial, Kern, Kings, Lassen, Lake, Los Angeles, Marin, Modoc, Mono, Orange, Placer, Sacramento, San Benito, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Shasta, Siskiyou, Solano, Sonoma, Tehama, Trinity, Ventura, and Yolo). Denominators for the rates for these three states (Illinois, Pennsylvania, and California) represent only the populations of the counties from which the data were collected.
†† Rate is not reported when number of decedents is <20 or when characteristic response is “other” or “unknown.”
§§ Includes persons of any race.
¶¶ Other location includes (in descending order): hospital or medical facility; industrial or construction area; farm; preschool, school, college, or school bus; cemetery, graveyard, or other burial ground; office building; abandoned house, building, or warehouse; synagogue, church, or temple; bar or nightclub; and other unspecified location.