KFF examines suicide trends, disparities across the United States

Between 2014 and 2024, more than 516,000 people died by suicide, with 2022 marking the year with the highest number of deaths recorded in a single year, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) analysis published Feb. 24. Though the total number of suicides has dipped slightly since then, patterns differ by method: suicides involving firearms have continued to rise, reaching a record level in 2024. Consequently, firearms were involved in 57% of all suicide deaths in 2024, compared with 50% in 2014, even as suicides by other means declined, the analysis stated.