US suicide mortality rate

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Headline data

US crude suicide mortality rate
Year Value
2000 10.4
2001 10.7
2002 10.9
2003 10.8
2004 11.0
2005 10.9
2006 11.0
2007 11.3
2008 11.6
2009 11.8
2010 12.1
2011 12.3
2012 12.6
2013 12.6
2014 13.0
2015 13.3
2016 13.5
2017 14.0
2018 14.2
2019 13.9
2020 13.5
2021 14.1
2022 14.2

Source: National Center for Health Statistics, Underlying Cause of Death File

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This table provides metadata for the actual indicator available from United States statistics closest to the corresponding global SDG indicator. Please note that even when the global SDG indicator is fully available from American statistics, this table should be consulted for information on national methodology and other American-specific metadata information.

Indicator

US suicide mortality rate
Organisation

National Center for Health Statistics, Underlying Cause of Death File
Unit of measure

Age-adjusted rate per 100,000 US standard population.
Data sources

National Center for Health Statistics, Underlying Cause of Death File
Data providers

Mortality Statistics Branch, Division of Vital Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics
Comment and limitations

Rates were generated by CDC Wonder using the Underlying Cause of Death mortality files. Rates were selected based on the ICD-10 113 Cause of Death listing.
Method of computation

Number of deaths attributable to suicide (ICD-10 codes U03, X60-X84, Y87.0) divided by the population and expressed per 100,000 population. Rates are age-adjusted to the US 2000 standard population using the direct method of applying age-specific death rates to the U.S. standard population distribution. See http://wonder.cdc.gov/wonder/help/ucd.html#Age-Adjusted Rates for more detail.
Actual indicator available - description

Age-adjusted death rates due to suicide are expressed per 100,000 population.
Date of national source publication

December, 2016
Periodicity

Annual
Scheduled update by national source

January
Time period

2014

This table provides information on metadata for SDG indicators as defined by the UN Statistical Commission. Complete global metadata is provided by the UN Statistics Division.

Indicator

Indicator 3.4.2: Suicide mortality rate
Target

Target 3.4: By 2030, reduce by one third premature mortality from non-communicable diseases through prevention and treatment and promote mental health and well-being
Organisation

World Health Organization (WHO)

Definition and concepts

Definitions:

The Suicide mortality rate as defined as the number of suicide deaths in a year, divided by the population, and multiplied by 100 000.

Concepts:
Unit of measure

Rate per 100 000 population

Data sources

The preferred data source is death registration systems with complete coverage and medical certification of cause of death, coded using the international classification of diseases (ICD). The ICD-10 codes for suicide are: X60-X84, Y87.0. Other possible data sources include household surveys with verbal autopsy, sample or sentinel registration systems, special studies and surveillance systems.

Data providers

National statistics offices and/or ministries of health.

Comment and limitations

The complete recording of suicide deaths in death-registration systems requires good linkages with coronial and police systems, but can be seriously impeded by stigma, social and legal considerations, and delays in determining cause of death. Less than one half of WHO Member States have well-functioning death-registration systems that record causes of death.

Method of computation

Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population) = (Number of suicide deaths in a year x 100,000) / Mid-year population for the same calendar year

The methods used for the analysis of causes of death depend on the type of data available from countries:

For countries with a high-quality vital registration system including information on cause of death, the vital registration that member states submit to the WHO Mortality Database were used, with adjustments where necessary, e.g. for under-reporting of deaths.

For countries without high-quality death registration data, cause of death estimates are calculated using other data, including household surveys with verbal autopsy, sample or sentinel registration systems, special studies and

Metadata update

2021-05-01
International organisations(s) responsible for global monitoring

World Health Organization (WHO)

Related indicators

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