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U.S. Suicide Mortality: Historical Data.
What can a historical national suicide rate tell us?
The historical record
Older reporting period2021
Latest observation in this snapshot—not a real-time reading. +0.7 per 100,000 people vs 2020.
Fitted vertical axis · missing periods are not interpolated · annual
What the number means
Estimated suicide deaths per 100,000 population.
The series is a WHO modeled crude rate, not an age-adjusted rate or a veteran-specific measure. Its latest reporting period is older than the retrieval date. Do not present this snapshot as today’s count or use it to infer an individual’s risk.
WHO modeled crude rate. Not age-adjusted; reporting and classification vary.
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A better question to ask
For prevention initiatives, require a defined population, safe reporting, and appropriate outcome evaluation; a national trend is not proof that a particular service works.
This is a prompt for investigation, not evidence that a particular policy works. A trend alone cannot establish a cause.
Read the related practical guide ↗Exact observations
22 available observations since 2000. Annual and quarterly dates represent the start of the reporting period; fiscal years are labeled explicitly. Display values are rounded to the precision shown; downloads retain the source values.
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| Reporting period | Period start | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2021-01-01 | 15.6 |
| 2020 | 2020-01-01 | 15.0 |
| 2019 | 2019-01-01 | 15.1 |
| 2018 | 2018-01-01 | 15.4 |
| 2017 | 2017-01-01 | 15.2 |
| 2016 | 2016-01-01 | 14.6 |
| 2015 | 2015-01-01 | 14.4 |
| 2014 | 2014-01-01 | 14.1 |
| 2013 | 2013-01-01 | 13.7 |
| 2012 | 2012-01-01 | 13.7 |
| 2011 | 2011-01-01 | 13.4 |
| 2010 | 2010-01-01 | 13.2 |
| 2009 | 2009-01-01 | 12.8 |
| 2008 | 2008-01-01 | 12.7 |
| 2007 | 2007-01-01 | 12.3 |
| 2006 | 2006-01-01 | 12.0 |
| 2005 | 2005-01-01 | 11.8 |
| 2004 | 2004-01-01 | 11.9 |
| 2003 | 2003-01-01 | 11.8 |
| 2002 | 2002-01-01 | 11.9 |
| 2001 | 2001-01-01 | 11.6 |
| 2000 | 2000-01-01 | 11.2 |
Follow this series home
- Series identifier
- SH.STA.SUIC.P5
- Provider
- World Bank / original statistical sources
- Original source attribution
- World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/)., World Health Organization (WHO), uri: https://www.who.int/data/gho
- Frequency
- Annual
- Source units
- per 100,000 people
- Displayed units
- per 100,000 people
- Retrieval time
- 2026-10-04T09:04:46.416Z
- Provider database update
- 2026-07-13 — not the observation date
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