Provisional estimates of suicide by demographic characteristics: United States, 2022

Objectives—This report presents the provisional number of deaths due to suicide in 2022 by demographic characteristics (age, sex, and race and Hispanic origin) compared with final 2021 data. Methods—Data are based on more than 99% of all 2022 death records received and processed by the National Center for Health Statistics as of August 6, 2023. Comparisons are made with final 2021 data. Deaths due to  suicide were identified using International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision underlying cause-of-death codes U03, X60–X84, and Y87.0. Provisional 2022 age-adjusted and age-specific suicide rates are presented by  sex and compared with final 2021 rates. Age-adjusted  suicide rates by race and Hispanic origin for 2022 are also presented and compared with final 2021 rates. Results—The provisional number of suicides in 2022 (49,449) was 3% higher than in 2021 (48,183). The provisional age-adjusted suicide rate was 1% higher in 2022 (14.3 deaths per 100,000 standard population) than in  2021 (14.1). The age-adjusted suicide rate was 1% higher in 2022 than 2021 for males (23.1 compared with 22.8) and 4% higher for females (5.9 compared with 5.7). Suicide rates generally declined for males ages 34 and  younger and increased for those 35 and older. For females, rates declined for those ages 24 and younger and increased for those 25 and older. Suicide rates increased for nearly all race and Hispanic-origin groups, although  only the 3% increase for White non-Hispanic females was statistically significant.