Suicide Datasheet

Suicide Facts at a Glance Suicide • Suicide was the tenth leading cause of death for all ages in 2013.1 • There were 41,149 suicides in 2013 in the United States-a rate of 12.6 per 100,000 is equal to 113 suicides each day or one every 13 minutes.1 • Based on data about suicides in 16 National Violent Death Reporting System states in 2010, 33.4% of suicide decedents tested positive for alcohol, 23.8% for antidepressants, and 20.0% for opiates, including heroin and prescription pain kille