Suicides, by Sex, Race, Age, and Method statistics


Sex, age, and method	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997

All races, both sexes	27,206	26,869	27,596	28,242	28,295	29,286	29,453	30,904	30,796	30,407	30,232	30,906	30,810	30,484	31,102	31,142	31,284	30,903	30,535

5 to 9 years old	1	3	4	2	10	7	3	5	1	6	4	6	1	10	6	4	7	4	4
10 to 14 years old	151	139	163	198	195	225	275	250	250	237	236	258	265	304	315	318	330	298	303
15 to 19 years old	1,788	1,797	1,770	1,730	1,677	1,692	1,849	1,896	1,902	2,059	2,009	1,979	1,899	1,847	1,884	1,948	1,890	1,817	1,802
20 to 24 years old	3,458	3,442	3,391	3,295	3,168	3,334	3,272	3,224	3,022	2,870	2,861	2,890	2,852	2,846	2,965	3,008	2,894	2,541	2,384
25 to 29 years old	3,271	3,228	3,435	3,444	3,365	3,380	3,364	3,429	3,372	3,355	3,299	3,192	3,086	2,864	2,979	3,026	2,880	2,816	2,709
30 to 34 years old	2,586	2,692	2,908	2,872	2,973	3,012	3,012	3,282	3,283	3,355	3,266	3,358	3,428	3,308	3,328	3,328	3,412	3,045	2,963
35 to 39 years old	2,095	2,150	2,279	2,373	2,328	2,560	2,528	2,852	2,799	2,909	2,937	3,098	3,089	3,177	3,248	3,397	3,332	3,476	3,407
40 to 44 years old	1,781	1,785	1,928	1,942	1,978	2,042	2,098	2,161	2,333	2,296	2,394	2,619	2,678	2,832	2,922	2,978	3,135	3,265	3,323

White, both sexes	24,945	24,829	25,452	26,141	26,157	27,002	27,087	28,437	28,217	27,790	27,424	28,086	27,996	27,611	28,035	27,976	28,187	27,856	27,513
5 to 9 years old	0	2	3	2	9	7	3	2	1	6	2	4	0	6	4	2	5	4	3
10 to 14 years old	139	130	153	169	161	197	243	212	218	195	196	219	228	265	258	269	284	244	252
15 to 19 years old	1,602	1,635	1,607	1,573	1,491	1,528	1,643	1,716	1,679	1,819	1,743	1,701	1,628	1,531	1,594	1,588	1,587	1,522	1,509
20 to 24 years old	3,000	3,057	3,024	2,927	2,800	2,961	2,866	2,875	2,649	2,489	2,399	2,481	2,450	2,404	2,443	2,490	2,416	2,117	1,947
25 to 29 years old	2,865	2,876	3,056	3,060	3,016	2,979	2,985	3,004	2,940	2,940	2,847	2,731	2,629	2,464	2,504	2,557	2,443	2,369	2,306
30 to 34 years old	2,292	2,391	2,585	2,571	2,682	2,702	2,674	2,915	2,910	2,904	2,850	2,952	3,045	2,895	2,940	2,933	2,977	2,640	2,581
35 to 39 years old	1,904	1,979	2,080	2,170	2,131	2,335	2,316	2,572	2,517	2,626	2,628	2,779	2,799	2,845	2,902	3,003	2,985	3,123	3,066
40 to 44 years old	1,646	1,639	1,779	1,812	1,844	1,895	1,948	2,012	2,157	2,124	2,189	2,404	2,470	2,582	2,665	2,719	2,857	2,979	3,043

Black, both sexes	1,812	1,607	1,658	1,639	1,623	1,760	1,795	1,892	1,963	2,022	2,153	2,111	2,097	2,143	2,259	2,271	2,231	2,164	2,103
5 to 9 years old	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	2	1	1	2	2	1	0	0
10 to 14 years old	7	9	6	22	27	19	22	25	25	29	32	29	31	33	39	39	30	36	40
15 to 19 years old	132	108	105	113	119	107	135	128	162	167	175	183	183	223	213	263	229	195	211
20 to 24 years old	354	307	282	270	280	273	289	252	263	298	350	282	296	313	395	366	323	328	302
25 to 29 years old	336	278	315	305	271	322	294	332	341	325	340	357	344	303	353	325	321	301	278
30 to 34 years old	251	245	253	235	234	259	262	303	311	360	349	318	301	331	296	282	312	289	289
35 to 39 years old	150	133	151	169	145	179	175	218	225	226	244	252	237	257	265	296	266	267	245
40 to 44 years old	115	128	110	105	108	116	115	113	129	131	168	171	153	194	183	201	218	209	208

Males, total	20,256	20,505	20,809	21,625	21,786	22,689	23,145	24,226	24,272	24,078	24,102	24,724	24,769	24,457	25,007	25,174	25,369	24,998	24,492
5 to 9 years old	1	3	4	1	7	6	3	3	1	5	3	4	1	8	3	4	7	3	3
10 to 14 years old	103	113	115	159	145	171	202	196	198	176	181	191	207	224	230	230	253	222	230
15 to 19 years old	1,452	1,483	1,413	1,422	1,370	1,365	1,509	1,552	1,525	1,668	1,637	1,656	1,588	1,560	1,561	1,649	1,616	1,496	1,490
20 to 24 years old	2,793	2,853	2,788	2,739	2,611	2,784	2,758	2,724	2,584	2,475	2,469	2,504	2,485	2,484	2,558	2,653	2,516	2,228	2,069
25 to 29 years old	2,587	2,589	2,677	2,749	2,677	2,767	2,759	2,825	2,779	2,779	2,742	2,667	2,563	2,435	2,500	2,555	2,449	2,361	2,263
30 to 34 years old	1,918	2,009	2,229	2,190	2,340	2,358	2,375	2,625	2,591	2,684	2,597	2,672	2,798	2,667	2,718	2,740	2,785	2,487	2,421
35 to 39 years old	1,457	1,572	1,659	1,716	1,736	1,931	1,943	2,190	2,166	2,279	2,301	2,413	2,418	2,522	2,569	2,662	2,647	2,781	2,673
40 to 44 years old	1,223	1,252	1,348	1,391	1,433	1,470	1,538	1,552	1,711	1,696	1,802	2,011	2,057	2,158	2,273	2,308	2,433	2,519	2,550

Females, total	6,950	6,364	6,787	6,617	6,509	6,597	6,308	6,678	6,524	6,329	6,130	6,182	6,041	6,027	6,095	5,968	5,915	5,905	6,043
5 to 9 years old	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	2	0	1	1	2	0	2	3	0	0	1	1
10 to 14 years old	48	26	48	39	50	54	73	54	52	61	55	67	58	80	85	88	77	76	73
15 to 19 years old	336	314	357	308	307	327	340	344	377	391	372	323	311	287	323	299	274	321	312
20 to 24 years old	665	589	603	556	557	550	514	500	438	395	392	386	367	362	407	355	378	313	315
25 to 29 years old	684	639	758	695	688	613	605	604	593	576	557	525	523	429	479	471	431	455	446
30 to 34 years old	668	683	679	682	633	654	637	657	692	671	669	686	630	641	610	588	627	558	542
35 to 39 years old	638	578	620	657	592	629	585	662	633	630	636	685	671	655	679	735	685	695	734
40 to 44 years old	558	533	580	551	545	572	560	609	622	600	592	608	621	674	649	670	702	746	773

Method total, both sexes
Drugs, medicaments, and biologicals	3,034	2,761	2,730	2,685	2,812	2,690	2,668	2,796	2,891	2,910	2,988	2,920	3,095	3,215	2,975	3,022	2,874	2,896	3,108
Other solid or liquid substances	310	274	248	258	257	291	269	274	215	223	227	223	219	223	204	207	178	177	202
Gases and vapors	2,384	2,418	2,453	2,416	2,548	2,628	2,767	2,966	3,215	2,692	2,228	2,281	2,230	2,057	2,092	2,044	2,095	2,007	1,818
Hanging, ¹	3,525	3,691	3,755	4,061	3,931	4,341	4,264	4,606	4,235	4,375	4,484	4,444	4,561	4,678	4,627	4,745	5,217	5,330	5,413
Handgun	202	2,109	156	160	164	208	2,981	202	228	3,197	3,120	3,464	3,619	3,455	3,586	3,706	3,700	3,675	3,519
Other and unspecified firearms	13,166	13,287	13,774	14,025	13,834	14,107	14,382	14,834	14,841	14,972	15,058	15,421	14,907	14,714	15,354	15,059	14,803	14,491	14,047
All other	2,410	2,329	2,271	2,262	2,147	2,223	2,122	2,109	2,104	2,038	2,127	2,153	2,179	2,142	2,264	2,359	2,417	2,327	2,428

Method, white
Drugs, medicaments, and biologicals	2,840	2,620	2,568

138. Suicides, by Sex, Race, Age, and Method