Link: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db464.htm
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- The total age-adjusted suicide rate increased from 10.7 deaths per 100,000 standard population in 2001 to a recent peak of 14.2 in 2018, and then declined to 13.5 in 2020. In 2021, the rate increased 4% to 14.1, the largest 1-year increase during the period (Figure 1).
- The suicide rate for males did not change significantly from 2001 (18.2) through 2006 (18.1), and then increased to 22.8 in 2018. Rates declined in 2019 (22.4) and 2020 (22.0) but then increased 4% in 2021 (22.8).
- The suicide rate for females increased from 2001 (4.1) through 2015 (6.0) and then did not change significantly through 2018 (6.2). Following a 2-year decline to 5.5 in 2020, the rate increased 4% in 2021 (5.7).
- The suicide rate for males was three to four and one-half times the rate for females during the 2001–2021 period.
Author(s): Matthew F. Garnett, M.P.H., and Sally C. Curtin, M.A.
Publication Date: April 2023
Publication Site: National Center for Health Statistics, CDC