Suicide

NCHS Data Brief  ■  No. 330  ■  November 2018 Suicide Mortality in the United States, 1999–2017 Holly Hedegaard, M.D., Sally C. Curtin, M.A., and Margaret Warner, Ph.D. Key findings Data from the National Vital Statistics System, Mortality From 1999 through 2017, the age-adjusted suicide rate increased 33% from 10.5 to 14.0 per 100,000. ● ● Suicide rates were significantly higher in 2017 compared with 1999 among females aged 10–14 (1.7 and 0.5, respectively), 15–24 (5.8 and 3.0), 25–44 (7.8 a