Men, Women, Young, Old All Use Firearms as Their Leading Method of Suicide: Webinar Suicidal R&PT
| Suicide by Firearms: |
Number |
Rate |
Percent of Total |
All Other Methods |
Number |
Rate |
Percent of Total |
| Firearm suicides USA |
17,424 |
6.4 |
57.0% |
All Other USA |
13,151 |
4.9 |
43.0% |
| Firearm suicides Young |
2,510 |
6.7 |
60.7% |
All Other Young |
1,625 |
4.4 |
39.3% |
| Firearm suicides Old |
4,113 |
12.0 |
70.9% |
All Other Old |
1,690 |
4.9 |
29.1% |
| Firearm suicides Male |
15,104 |
11.4 |
61.6% |
All Other Male |
9,434 |
7.1 |
38.4% |
| Firearm suicides Female |
2,320 |
1.7 |
38.4% |
All Other Female |
3,717 |
2.7 |
61.6% |
|
(Rates per 100,000 population) |
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|
Age |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
|
5-14 |
00.5 |
00.4 |
00.3 |
00.4 |
00.4 |
00.5 |
00.5 |
00.5 |
00.7 |
|
15-24 |
9.9 |
9.8 |
9.6 |
9.9 |
10.0 |
10.5 |
10.9 |
10.9 |
10.9 |
|
25-44 |
13.9 |
13.8 |
14.5 |
14.6 |
14.5 |
15.0 |
15.5 |
15.7 |
15.6 |
|
45-64 |
15.3 |
16.0 |
16.7 |
17.5 |
18.0 |
18.6 |
18.8 |
19.1 |
19.1 |
|
65-84 |
14.2 |
13.8 |
13.9 |
14.6 |
14.5 |
14.5 |
15.1 |
15.0 |
15.9 |
|
85-+ |
18.3 |
17.3 |
17.0 |
16.4 |
16.4 |
17.6 |
16.9 |
17.8 |
18.6 |
|
(total of 2,337,256 deaths) |
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| Rank | Cause of Death |
Rate |
Deaths |
|
1 |
Diseases of the heart |
268.2 |
724,859 |
|
2 |
Malignant neoplasms |
200.3 |
541,532 |
|
3 |
Cerebrovascular diseases |
58.6 |
158,448 |
|
4 |
Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases |
41.7 |
112,584 |
|
5 |
Accidents |
36.2 |
97,835 |
|
6 |
Pneumonia & influenza |
34.0 |
91,871 |
|
7 |
Diabetes mellitus |
24.0 |
64,751 |
|
8 |
Suicide |
11.3 |
30,575 |
|
9 |
Nephritis, nephrosis |
9.7 |
26,182 |
|
10 |
Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis |
9.3 |
25,192 |
|
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All other causes (Residual) |
171.5 |
463,427 |
Old made up 12.7% of 1998 population but committed 19.0% of the suicides.
Young were 13.8% of 1998 population and committed 13.5% of the suicides.
Official data source: Murphy, S.L. (2000). Deaths: Final data for 1998. National Vital Statistics Report, 48(11). Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. DHHS Publication No. (PHS) 2000-1120. [Data to be published in the 1998 annual volume of Vital Statistics of the United States.]
Population figures source: of the CDC reports(2014) publication above.