QuickStats: Age-Adjusted Suicide Rates, by Sex and Three Most Common Methods - United States, 2000-2018
by from Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) on (#50A58)
The three most common methods of suicide among males and females during 2000-2018 were by firearm, suffocation, and poisoning. Throughout the period 2000-2018, suicide rates by all methods were higher among males than among females, with the greatest difference in the rates for suicide by firearm.