Suicide rates for the three leading methods by race and ethnicity : United States, 2000–2020
Advanced Search
Select up to three search categories and corresponding keywords using the fields to the right. Refer to the Help section for more detailed instructions.

Search our Collections & Repository

For very narrow results

When looking for a specific result

Best used for discovery & interchangable words

Recommended to be used in conjunction with other fields

Dates

to

Document Data
Library
People
Clear All
Clear All

For additional assistance using the Custom Query please check out our Help Page

CDC STACKS serves as an archival repository of CDC-published products including scientific findings, journal articles, guidelines, recommendations, or other public health information authored or co-authored by CDC or funded partners. As a repository, CDC STACKS retains documents in their original published format to ensure public access to scientific information.
i

Suicide rates for the three leading methods by race and ethnicity : United States, 2000–2020

Filetype[PDF-407.73 KB]


English
Details You May Also Like

Details:

  • Personal Author:
  • Description:
    Suicide rates in the United States have traditionally been higher for non-Hispanic White than non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic people (1). However, provisional data demonstrated that patterns have changed recently with rates declining for non-Hispanic White people but increasing for non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic people (2). This report presents suicide rates from 2000 to 2020 using final data for non-Hispanic White, non-Hispanic Black, and Hispanic people, for the total population and for the three leading methods in 2020 (firearms, suffocation, and poisoning).

    Key findings:

    ● After increasing between 2000 and 2018, age-adjusted suicide rates for non-Hispanic White people declined from 2018 (18.1 per 100,000 population) to 2020 (16.9), whereas rates increased between 2000 and 2020 for non-Hispanic Black (7.8) and Hispanic (7.5) people.

    ● Firearm suicide rates for non-Hispanic White people declined from 2018 to 2020, whereas rates for non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic people continued to increase.

    ● After increasing at a faster pace compared with Hispanic and non-Hispanic Black people through 2018, suffocation suicide rates declined for non-Hispanic White people through 2020.

    ● Poisoning suicide rates were stable over the period for non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic people (ranging from 0.6 to 0.8) but declined for non-Hispanic White people (from 2.6 to 2.1) since 2017.

    Suggested citation: Curtin SC, Brown KA, Jordan ME. Suicide rates for the three leading methods by race and ethnicity, 2000–2020. NCHS Data Brief, no 450. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2022. DOI: https:// dx.doi.org/10.15620/cdc:121798.

    CS335012

  • Series:
    NCHS Data Briefs
  • Document Type:
    Report
  • Genre:
    Statistics
  • Place as Subject:
    United States
  • CIO:
    National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
  • Issue:
    450
  • Collection(s):
  • Main Document Checksum:
  • Download URL:
  • File Type:

Supporting Files

  • No Additional Files
More +

You May Also Like

Checkout today's featured content at stacks.cdc.gov