Number
of Deaths
51.1%23.6%17.6%
2.2%
1.2%
1.1%
0.9%
0.6%
0.6%
0.5%
0.4%
0.0%2000
United States
Suicide
Ages 10-50, All Races, Both
Sexes
Total Deaths: 19,163
| Cause of Death |
Number |
Percentage of Deaths | |
| Firearm | 9,801 |
|
51.1% |
| Suffocation | 4,526 |
|
23.6% |
| Poisoning | 3,378 |
|
17.6% |
| Fall | 413 |
|
2.2% |
| Cut/pierce | 235 |
|
1.2% |
| Other Spec., classifiable | 220 |
|
1.1% |
| Drowning | 171 |
|
0.9% |
| Other Spec., NECN | 124 |
|
0.6% |
| Fire/burn | 118 |
|
0.6% |
| Unspecified | 99 |
|
0.5% |
| Transportation- Related | 77 |
|
0.4% |
| Struck by or Against | 1 |
|
0.0% |
| Total Deaths | 19,163 | ||
| Produced by: | Office of Statistics and Programming, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, CDC. |
| Data Source: | National Center for Heath Statistics (NCHS) Vital Statistics System for numbers of deaths. |