United States - Intentional self-harm 2013

Suicides United States 2013

There are 112 suicides per day in United States

In 2013 occurred 41,060 suicides in United States. This year, 529 more people committed suicide than in 2012. In 2013, on average 112 Americans committed suicide every day.

United States had 13 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, above the world average of 9.78 suicides per 100,000 people.

Of the 41,060 recorded suicide cases in 2013, 31,991 were men suicides and 9,069 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 20.6 per 100,000 men and for women 5.6 per 100,000 female.

Statistics show that in 2014, suicides were the main cause of unnatural death in the world. In United States suicide also is one of the leading causes of unnatural death. By comparison, there were 14,319 homicides in United States, suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 2.9 suicides.

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Date	Female suicides	Male suicides	Suicides	Female suicide rate	Male suicide rate	Suicide rate
2013	9,069	31,991	41,060	5.60	20.60	13.00
2012	8,804	31,727	40,531	5.50	20.50	12.90
2011	8,496	30,946	39,442	5.40	20.20	12.70
2010	8,074	30,238	38,312	5.10	19.90	12.40
2009	7,805	29,035	36,840	5.00	19.20	12.00
2008	7,567	28,402	35,969	4.90	18.90	11.80
2007	7,309	27,224	34,533	4.80	18.30	11.50
2006	6,967	26,233	33,200	4.60	17.80	11.10
2005	6,711	25,848	32,559	4.50	17.80	11.00
2004	6,859	25,504	32,363	4.60	17.70	11.10
2003	6,269	25,153	31,422	4.20	17.60	10.80
2002	6,232	25,363	31,595	4.30	17.90	11.00
2001	5,938	24,611	30,549	4.10	17.60	10.70
2000	5,722	23,597	29,319	4.00	17.00	10.40
1999	5,737	23,443	29,180	4.00	17.10	10.50
1998	6,037	24,538	30,575	4.30	18.20	11.10
1997	6,043	24,492	30,535	4.30	18.30	11.20
1996	5,905	24,998	30,903	4.30	19.00	11.50
1995	5,915	25,369	31,284	4.30	19.50	11.70
1994	5,968	25,174	31,142	4.40	19.60	11.80
1993	6,095	25,007	31,102	4.60	19.70	12.00
1992	6,027	24,457	30,484	4.60	19.50	11.90
1991	6,041	24,769	30,810	4.70	20.10	12.20
1990	6,182	24,724	30,906	4.80	20.30	12.40
1989	6,130	24,102	30,232	4.80	20.00	12.20
1988	6,329	24,078	30,407	5.00	20.20	12.40
1987	6,524	24,272	30,796	5.20	20.60	12.70
1986	6,678	24,226	30,904	5.40	20.70	12.90
1985	6,308	23,145	29,453	5.20	20.00	12.40
1984	6,597	22,689	29,286	5.40	19.80	12.40
1983	6,509	21,786	28,295	5.40	19.20	12.10
1982	6,617	21,625	28,242	5.60	19.20	12.20
1981	6,787	20,809	27,596	5.80	18.70	12.00
1980	6,364	20,505	26,869	5.40	18.60	11.80
1979	6,950	20,256	27,206	6.00	18.50	12.10
1978	7,106	20,188	27,294	6.20	18.60	12.30
1977	7,572	21,109	28,681	6.70	19.70	13.00
1976	7,339	19,493	26,832	6.60	18.30	12.30
1975	7,441	19,622	27,063	6.70	18.60	12.50
1974	7,088	18,595	25,683	6.50	17.80	12.00
1973	7,010	18,108	25,118	6.50	17.50	11.90
1972	7,236	17,768	25,004	6.70	17.30	11.90
1971	7,232	16,860	24,092	6.80	16.60	11.60
1970	6,851	16,629	23,480	6.50	16.60	11.50
1969	6,507	15,857	22,364	6.30	16.00	11.00
1968	5,993	15,379	21,372	5.90	15.60	10.60
1967	6,138	15,187	21,325	6.10	15.60	10.70
1966	5,865	15,416	21,281	5.90	16.00	10.80
1965	6,017	15,490	21,507	6.10	16.20	11.10
1964	5,496	15,092	20,588	5.60	16.00	10.70
1963	5,549	15,276	20,825	5.80	16.40	11.00
1962	5,145	15,062	20,207	5.40	16.40	10.80
1961	4,539	14,460	18,999	4.90	15.90	10.30
1960	4,502	14,539	19,041	4.90	16.30	10.50

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