Suicide mortality in the United States, 1999-2019

● After increasing from 1999 through 2018, the age-adjusted suicide rate in 2019 (13.9 per 100,000) was significantly lower than the rate in 2018 (14.2).
● For females, rates in 2019 were similar to those in 2018 for all age groups except 25–44, where the rate in 2019 was significantly lower than the rate in 2018.
● For males aged 10–14, 45–64, and 65–74, the rates in 2019 were significantly lower  than the rates in 2018.
● Similar to 2018, the 2019 rates for female suicide by suffocation (1.8) and by firearm (1.8) were higher than the rate for suicide by poisoning (1.7).
● From 1999 through 2019, rates for male suicide were highest for those by firearm, while rates for suicide by suffocation saw the greatest percent increase, doubling from 3.3 in 1999 to 6.6 in 2019.