Health care use in 2005
Number of emergency department visits for self-inflicted injury: 472,000 Source: National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2007 Emergency Department Summary

Number of people hospitalized due to self-inflicted injury: 154,915 Source: Centers for Disease Control, 2007

Mortality in 2007
All suicides
Number of deaths in 2007:                                      34,598
Deaths per 100,000 population:                                11.47

Firearm suicides
Number of deaths:                                                   17,352
Deaths per 100,000 population:                                  5.75

Suffocation suicides
Number of deaths:                                                    8,161
Deaths per 100,000 population:                                  2.71

Poisoning suicides
Number of deaths:                                                    6,358
Deaths per 100,000 population:                                  2.11
Source: WISQARS Injury Mortality Report, 2007

According to the Centers for Disease Control, in 2007:

• Suicide was the 11th leading cause of death in the United States.

• It was the seventh leading cause of death for males (27,269), and 15th leading cause of death for females (7,329).

• Suicides outnumbered homicides (34,598 to 18,361).

• Suicide by firearms was the most common method, accounting for 50 percent of all suicides.

• Firearms are the most commonly used method of suicide among males (55.7 percent).

• Poisoning is the most common method of suicide for females (40 percent).

• 79 percent of all suicide deaths are males.

• Suicide is the fourth leading cause of death among children between 10 and 14 (184 in 2007)

• Suicide is the third leading cause of death among people between 15 and 24 (4,140 in 2007).

• Suicide is the second leading cause of death among adults between 25 and 34 (5,278 in 2007) .

• Suicide is the fourth leading cause of death among adults between 25 and 34 (5.278 in 2007).

Source: Centers for Disease Control