How Much Have Suicide Rates Increased

Suicide statistics

Suicide is the

twelfth

leading cause of expiry in the US
In 2022,

45,979

Americans died by suicide
In 2022, there were an estimated

1.20M

suicide attempts
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Boosted facts most suicide in the U.s.

The age-adjusted suicide rate in 2022 was 13.48 per 100,000 individuals.
The rate of suicide is highest in eye-aged white men.
In 2022, men died by suicide three.88x more than women.
On average, there are 130 suicides per day.
White males accounted for 69.68% of suicide deaths in 2022.
In 2022, firearms accounted for 52.83% of all suicide deaths.
93% of adults surveyed in the U.Due south. think suicide can exist prevented.

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Suicide attempts

When it comes to suicide and suicide attempts at that place are rate differences depending on demographic characteristics such as age, gender, ethnicity and race. Nonetheless, suicide occurs in all demographic groups.

In the U.Due south., no complete count of suicide endeavour data are available. The CDC gathers data from hospitals on non-fatal injuries from self-harm every bit well as survey data.

In 2022, (the well-nigh recent twelvemonth for which information are bachelor), approximately 575,000 people visited a hospital for injuries due to self-damage.

Based on the 2022 National Survey of Drug Use and Mental Wellness it is estimated that 0.v per centum of the adults aged eighteen or older made at to the lowest degree one suicide effort. This translates to approximately 1.4 one thousand thousand adults. Adult females reported a suicide attempt 1.v times as often as males. Further breakup by gender and race are not available.

Based on the nigh recent Youth Risk Behaviors Survey from 2022, 8.9 percent of youth in grades 9-12 reported that they had made at to the lowest degree one suicide endeavour in the by 12 months. Female students attempted nearly twice as frequently as male person students (eleven% vs. 6.half dozen%). American Indian or Alaska Native students reported the highest charge per unit of attempt (25.five%) with white students at 7.9 percent. Approximately two.v percent of all students reported making a suicide attempt that required treatment by a doctor or nurse. For those requiring treatment, rates were highest for multiple race students (4.1%).

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