Suicide Statistics
This page presents the latest published suicide statistics for the United States based on data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Data & Statistics Fatal Injury Report for 2024, retrieved on April 7, 2026.
All suicide rates shown are age-adjusted rates. Rates presented by specific age group are not age-adjusted. AFSP updates its fact sheets annually and provides citation information. All statistics shown here pertain to the United States.
Suicide is the
10th
leading cause of death in the US
In 2024,
48,824
Americans died by suicide
In 2024, there were an estimated
2.2M
suicide attempts, a 1.5 times increase from 2023
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In 2024, there were 48,824 suicide-related deaths, a decrease by 1% from 2023 (49,316).
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In 2024, the suicide rate was 13.7 per 100,000 people. This represents a 2% decrease compared with 2023 and a 4% decrease compared with 2022. While these recent trends show decrease, the rate remains 32% higher than in 2000 (10.4 per 100,000 people).
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Suicide-related deaths were four times higher among males (38,977) compared to females (9,8477).
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Suicide is the second leading cause of death among youth and young adults ages 15-34. However, suicide rates in this age group decreased by 4% from 2023 to 2024, declining from 15.9 to 15.2 per 100,000.
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Firearms were the most common method of death by suicide, accounting for more than half of all suicide deaths (57%).
Suicide Rates in the United States
Suicide rates differ greatly by state. While the median state suicide rate is 15.2 per 100,000, rates in individual states vary significantly with the highest suicide rate in Alaska (29.8 per 100,000) and the lowest rate in the District of Columbia (5.7 per 100,000). Explore 10-year suicide rate trends by selecting one or more states below to compare them against the national average. You can select more than one state. The national average is represented in gray. You can also download our Suicide Facts & Figures national fact sheet or view all state facts.
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Suicide Rates by Age
- Suicide is the second leading cause of death among youth and young adults ages 15-34. However, suicide rates in this age group decreased by 4% from 2023 to 2024, declining from 15.9 to 15.2 per 100,000.
- Suicide rates are much lower among young children and begin to rise during adolescence.
- Most notably, the suicide rate among 25 to 34 year-olds decreased from 18.4 to 17.2 (6% decrease) from 2023 to 2024.
- Rates declined across all age groups from 2023 to 2024, including decreases among those aged 35-44 (2% decrease), 55-64 (2% decrease), 65-74 (3% decrease), 75-84 (1% decrease), 85 and older (5% decrease).
- Despite declining suicide rates among older adults (85+) by 12% since 2022, this age group continues to face the highest rates of suicide. Specifically, the suicide rate for those 85 years or older is 21.4 per 100,000, which remains notably higher than all other age groups.
Suicide Rates by Sex
- Suicide-related deaths were four times higher among males (38,977) compared to females (9,8477).
- Between 2023 and 2024, suicide rates decreased from 22.6 to 22.2 per 100,000 (2% decrease) among males, and from 5.8 to 5.6 per 100,000 (3% decrease) among females.
Suicide Rates by Race
- White individuals accounted for 85% of suicide deaths in 2024.
- Suicide rates among Black individuals increased steadily from 7.0 to 8.7 per 100,000 between 2018 and 2023 (24.3% increase), followed by a slight decrease to 8.4 per 100,000 (3.4% decrease) from 2023 to 2024.
- Between 2023 and 2024, the suicide rate among Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander populations declined by 25%, decreasing from 15.4 to 11.5 per 100,000. Conversely, the rate among Asian Americans saw the largest increase, rising from 6.3 to 6.8 per 100,000.
Suicide Rates by Ethnicity
Between 2023 and 2024, suicide rates decreased by 2% in the non-Hispanic community (from 15.3 to 14.9 per 100,000) and stayed unchanged for the Hispanic population.
Suicide Rates by Race and Sex
In 2024 White males had the highest rate among all men at 24.8 per 100,000. However, among females, American Indian/Alaska Native women had the highest suicide rate at 6.4 per 100,000. Suicide rates were much lower among Black or African Americans (Male: 13.9 per 100,000; Female: 3.3 per 100,000) and Asians (Male: 9.5 per 100,000; Female: 3.7 per 100,000).
The most significant shift over the last seven-year period occurred among Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander males, whose suicide rate nearly doubled from 12.2 in 2018 to a peak of 24.4 per 100,000 in 2023. Despite a slight decline in 2024, this group’s overall increase remains the largest across all tracked demographics. For White males the rate has been relatively stable since 2018.
American Indian/Alaska Native females in this group experienced a significant increase, peaking in 2022 at 8.8 per 100,000. However, the decline from 2022 to 2024 is much larger for females than for males, nearly returning to 2018 levels.
Suicide Methods
- Similar to previous years, in 2024, firearms were the most common method of death by suicide, accounting for more than half of all suicide deaths (56.5%), followed by suffocation (including hanging) at 23.5% and poisoning (including drug overdose) at 9.0%.
- The firearm suicide rate has increased by nearly 13% from 2020 (6.9 per 100,000 people) to 2024 (7.8 per 100,00 people). The firearm suicide rate unfortunately reached an all-time high in 2024.
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Suicide Attempts
When it comes to suicide and suicide attempts there are rate differences depending on demographic characteristics such as age, gender, ethnicity and race. Nonetheless, suicide occurs in all demographic groups.
In the U.S., no complete count of suicide attempt data is available. The CDC gathers data from hospitals on non-fatal injuries from self-harm as well as survey data. In 2023, the rate of visits to the emergency departments for nonfatal self-harm injuries was 157.3 per 100,000 people.
In 2024, National Survey of Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), an estimated 14.3 million adults aged 18 and older reported having thoughts of suicide, and 2.2 million (0.8%) adults attempted suicide during the past year.
According to the most recent Youth Risk Behavior Survey (2023), 9% of youth in grades 9-12 attempted suicide at least once in the past 12 months. Female students attempted suicide at a higher rate than male students (13% vs. 6%). LGBTQ+ students were more likely than cisgender and heterosexual students to attempt suicide (20% vs 6%). Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander students recorded the highest suicide attempt rate at 15%. Additionally, about 2% of high school students attempted suicide that resulted in an injury, poisoning, or overdose requiring treatment by a doctor or nurse in the past year.
988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline
In 2025, the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline’s state contact centers received 4,336,016 calls—a 12% increase over 2024. Notably, 89% of these calls were answered in-state, ensuring localized support for those in crisis.
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Access additional verified data from the CDC.
Other Resources
- Preliminary unverified quarterly mortality rates: Provisional estimates are based on all complete death records received and processed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) as of a specified cutoff date. These data are not used for this page.
- Global Suicide Statistics.
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