This is a sub-page in the "Suicide and Attempted Suicide: Methods and Consequences" website. If you want to get back to the main page, click here. Graphical representations of selected U.S. suicide and homicide data.

Graphical representations of selected U.S. suicide and homicide data.

Suicide methods are in alphabetical order. [source: Centers for Disease Control]


  • U.S. suicide and homicide rate, 1900-94, by year.

  • U.S. homicide rate, 1979-94, by year.

  • U.S. suicide rate, 1979-94, by means of all methods combined, by age and sex.

  • U.S. suicide rate, 1979-94, by means of all methods combined, by age.

  • U.S. suicide rate, 1979-94, by means of asphyxia, hanging, and plastic bag, by year.

  • U.S. suicide rate, 1979-94, by means of cuts and stabs, by age.

  • U.S. suicide rate, 1979-94, by means of cuts and stabs, by age and sex.

  • U.S. suicide rate, 1979-94, by means of cuts and stabs, by year.

  • U.S. suicide rate, 1979-94, by means of drowning, by year.

  • U.S. suicide rate, 1979-94, by means of drugs, by year.

  • U.S. suicide rate, 1979-94, by means of guns, by year.

  • U.S. suicide rate, 1979-94, by means of guns, by year and type of firearm.

  • U.S. suicide rate, 1979-94, by means of hanging, by year.

  • U.S. suicide rate, 1979-94, by means of jumping from a height, by year.

  • U.S. suicide rate, 1979-94, by means of motor vehicle exhaust, by year.

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