{"id":50,"date":"2019-01-11T02:55:20","date_gmt":"2019-01-11T02:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chestercountysuicideprevention.com\/?page_id=50"},"modified":"2025-07-30T10:38:40","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T14:38:40","slug":"statistics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/chestercountysuicideprevention.com\/index.php\/statistics\/","title":{"rendered":"Statistics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>National Statistics for 2023<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>49,316 lives lost in 2023 &#8211; this equates to one death every 11 minutes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Suicide is the 11th leading cause of death in the U.S.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>On average, there are 135 suicide deaths each day.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In 2023 alone, there were an estimated 1.5 million suicide attempts.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In 2023,\u00a0<strong>firearms accounted for 55.33% of all suicide deaths<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><em>Source(s): <a href=\"https:\/\/afsp.org\/suicide-statistics\">American  Foundation for Suicide Prevention<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/suicide\/facts\/data.html\">Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Local Statistics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Chester County Suicide Data<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Year<\/td><td>Number of Suicide Deaths<\/td><td>Population<\/td><td>Rate per 100,000<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2023<\/td><td>60<\/td><td>549784<\/td><td>10.9<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2022<\/td><td>70<\/td><td>545823<\/td><td>12.8<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2021<\/td><td>55<\/td><td>538649<\/td><td>10.2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2020<\/td><td>53<\/td><td>534413<\/td><td>9.9<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2019<\/td><td>57<\/td><td>524989<\/td><td>10.9<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2018<\/td><td>63<\/td><td>522046<\/td><td>12.1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2017<\/td><td>68<\/td><td>519293<\/td><td>13.1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2016<\/td><td>64<\/td><td>516312<\/td><td>12.4<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2015<\/td><td>60<\/td><td>515939<\/td><td>11.6<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2014<\/td><td>55<\/td><td>512784<\/td><td>10.7<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2013<\/td><td>47<\/td><td>509468<\/td><td>9.2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2012<\/td><td>34<\/td><td>506575<\/td><td>6.7<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2011<\/td><td>50<\/td><td>503897<\/td><td>9.9<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2010<\/td><td>54<\/td><td>498886<\/td><td>10.8<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2009<\/td><td>41<\/td><td>498894<\/td><td>8.2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2008<\/td><td>49<\/td><td>491489<\/td><td>10.0<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2007<\/td><td>37<\/td><td>486345<\/td><td>7.6<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2006<\/td><td>27<\/td><td>482112<\/td><td>5.6<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><br>Number of suicide deaths is from Chester County Coroner&#8217;s Office. 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