US suicide rate at 30-year high
Following a 15-year decline, the US suicide rate began gradually increasing after 1999 and hit a 30-year peak in 2014, the latest year for which data is available. The data below shows the age-adjusted suicide rate (number suicides per 100,000 of the population)
15 suicides per 100,000 pop.
15 suicides per 100,000 pop.
13 suicides
per 100,000
10
10
5
5
1990
1990
1995
1995
2000
2000
2005
2005
2010
2010
15 suicides per 100,000 pop.
13 suicides
per 100,000
10
5
1990
1995
2000
2005
2010
15 suicides per 100,000 pop.
13 suicides
per 100,000
10
5
1990
1995
2000
2005
2010
Source: National Center for Health Statistics | Graphic: Nadja Popovich and Jan Diehm/The Guardian