Key Statistics about Suicide and Guns In the United States
Methods of completed suicides:
- 51.6% Firearm
- 22.6% Suffocation
- 17.9% Poisoning
- 2.1% Jumping
- 1.8% Cutting
- 4.0% Other
Things to Know:
- More people use a firearm than every other method
- 85% of firearm suicide attempts are successful
- 90% of survivors of near-lethal suicide attempts do not commit suicide thereafter.
Acquisition of Guns used in suicide:
85% of youths under 18 who died by firearm suicide used a family member’s gun, usually a parent.
(The above information is taken from ”Means Matter: Suicide, guns & Public Health”; T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University)
Daily Statistics:
In America every day, using a gun:
- 2 Children (0-19) kill themselves using a gun
- 1 Children (0-19) survive a suicide attempt by a gun
- 55 people (of all ages) kill themselves
- 10 People survive a suicide attempt
Yearly Statistics
In America, each year on average (over the last 5 years), using a gun:
- 827 children and teens (ages 0-19) kill themselves
- 280 children and teens (0-19) survive a suicide attempt
- 19,992 people of all ages kill themselves
- 3,791 people of all ages survive a suicide
The above information is from the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence
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