@article{ref1,
title="Suicide rates for the three leading methods by race and ethnicity: United States, 2000-2020",
journal="NCHS data brief",
year="2022",
author="Curtin, Sally C. and Brown, Kamiah A. and Jordan, Mariah E.",
volume="",
number="450",
pages="1-7",
abstract="Suicide rates in the United States have traditionally been higher for non-Hispanic White than non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic people (1). However, provisional data demonstrated that patterns have changed recently with rates declining for non-Hispanic White people but increasing for non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic people (2). This report presents suicide rates from 2000 to 2020 using final data for non-Hispanic White, non-Hispanic Black, and Hispanic people, for the total population and for the three leading methods in 2020 (firearms, suffocation, and poisoning).   Key findings:  = After increasing between 2000 and 2018, age-adjusted suicide rates for non-Hispanic White people declined from 2018 (18.1 per 100,000 population) to 2020 (16.9), whereas rates increased between 2000 and 2020 for non-Hispanic Black (7.8) and Hispanic (7.5) people.   = Firearm suicide rates for non-Hispanic White people declined from 2018 to 2020, whereas rates for non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic people continued to increase.   = After increasing at a faster pace compared with Hispanic and non-Hispanic Black people through 2018, suffocation suicide rates declined for non-Hispanic White people through 2020.   = Poisoning suicide rates were stable over the period for non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic people (ranging from 0.6 to 0.8) but declined for non-Hispanic White people (from 2.6 to 2.1) since 2017.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1941-4935",
doi="10.15620/cdc:121798",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.15620/cdc:121798"
}