Products - Data Briefs - Number 361 - March 2020

Products - Data Briefs - Number 361 - March 2020

Increase in Suicide Mortality in the United States, 1999–2018

Key findings
Data from the National Vital Statistics System, Mortality:

• From 1999 through 2018, the suicide rate increased 35%, from 10.5 per 100,000 to 14.2.
• The rate increased on average approximately 1% per year from 1999 to 2006 and by 2% per year from 2006 through 2018.
• In 2018, the suicide rate for males was 3.7 times the rate for females (22.8 and 6.2, respectively).
• From 1999 through 2018, suicide rates among females were highest for those aged 45–64; among males, the rates were highest for those aged 75 and over.
• In 2018, suicide rates were higher in the most rural counties compared with the most urban counties for both males and females.

Keywords

​underlying cause of death, intentional self-harm, urban-rural, National Vital Statistics System

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From 1999 Through 2018, Suicide Rates Increased for Both Males and Females



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