Suicide Deaths and Intentional Self-Harm Injuries

   
Suicide Deaths, Florida
FirearmDrug PoisoningSuffocationCut/PierceNon-Drug PoisoningOther MechanismsTotal
IndicatorYearCountRateCountRateCountRateCountRateCountRateCountRateCountRate
Suicide Deaths by Age
10-142021110.920.2161.300.000.000.0292.4
15-192021473.980.7332.710.140.360.5998.1
20-24202112910.1171.3423.310.170.6120.921516.8
25-3420212619.1291.01475.160.2110.4230.848416.9
35-4420212469.2421.61294.8100.490.3281.046717.4
45-5420212459.0542.01334.9150.6100.4371.449118.0
55-64202132711.0762.61234.1210.7240.8381.360020.2
65-74202129711.6622.4662.6160.6120.5301.247518.5
75 or older 202136017.0391.8331.680.4110.5140.746421.9
Total20211,9249.83291.77223.7780.4880.51881.03,32516.9
Non-Fatal Intentional Self-Harm Injuries, Florida
FirearmDrug PoisoningSuffocationCut/PierceNon-Drug PoisoningOther MechanismsTotal
IndicatorYearCountRateCountRateCountRateCountRateCountRateCountRateCountRate
Hospitalizations by Age
Under age 182021
<5
1,281
29.7
11
0.3
26
0.6
13
0.3
41
1.0
1,374
31.9
18-212021
19
1.9
562
57.0
<5
28
2.8
9
0.9
40
4.1
662
67.1
22-242021
19
2.5
271
35.2
6
0.8
24
3.1
<5
18
2.3
342
44.5
25-442021
44
0.8
1,821
32.9
39
0.7
252
4.6
52
0.9
211
3.8
2,419
43.6
45-642021
37
0.7
1,597
28.0
18
0.3
114
2.0
57
1.0
103
1.8
1,926
33.8
65-742021
16
0.6
463
18.0
<5
23
0.9
22
0.9
19
0.7
546
21.3
75 or older2021
11
0.5
300
14.2
<5
26
1.2
11
0.5
17
0.8
367
17.3
Total2021
148
0.7
6,295
28.6
83
0.4
493
2.2
168
0.8
450
2.0
7,637
34.7
Emergency Department (ED) Visits by Age
Under age 182021
<5
2,910
67.4
26
0.6
1,318
30.6
97
2.3
792
18.4
5,144
119.2
18-212021
<5
749
75.9
10
1.0
347
35.2
19
1.9
270
27.4
1,398
141.7
22-242021
<5
351
45.7
<5
203
26.4
13
1.7
147
19.1
720
93.6
25-442021
15
0.3
1,811
32.7
33
0.6
905
16.3
78
1.4
725
13.1
3,567
64.4
45-642021
10
0.2
1,017
17.8
13
0.2
347
6.1
38
0.7
320
5.6
1,745
30.6
65-742021
<5
212
8.3
0
0.0
40
1.6
5
0.2
48
1.9
308
12.0
75 or older2021
<5
87
4.1
<5
34
1.6
<5
38
1.8
163
7.7
Total2021
36
0.2
7,138
32.4
87
0.4
3,195
14.5
252
1.2
2,340
10.6
13,048
59.3
9/26/2023 4:39:44 AM

Data Note(s)

FLHealthCharts.gov is provided by the Florida Department of Health, Division of Public Health Statistics and Performance Management.


  • Data Sources: Florida Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics

  • Florida Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics

  • Florida Agency for Health Care Administration

  • Population estimates from the Florida Legislature, Office of Economic and Demographic Research have been allocated by race based on information from the US Bureau of the Census and form the foundation for rates displayed in this report.

  • Data Notes:

  • Suicide is death caused by injuring oneself with the intent to die.

  • Suicides for ages 0 to 9 are not included in this report due to a child’s inability to form or understand suicidal intent.

  • Intentional self-harm is injury or poisoning inflicted on oneself by deliberate means with the intent to take one's own life or with the intent to harm oneself. Not all intentional self-harm injuries are suicide attempts.

  • Rates are not calculated when there are less than 5 cases.

  • Non-fatal events (hospitalizations and ED visits) are suppressed when there are 1-4 cases. Therefore age groups for living versus deceased persons differ to optimize display of data.

  • Rates provided are crude rates, age-specific to the age range specified, per 100,000 population.

  • Veteran Affairs (VA) and other federal hospitals, rehabilitation centers, and psychiatric hospitals are not included in this report.

  • Data are shown by county of residence.

  • Totals exceed the sum of the rows when the data contain unknown ages.

  • Deaths:

  • Suicides by firearms discharge: ICD-10 Code(s): X72-X74

  • Suicides by drug poisoning: ICD-10 Code(s): X60-X64

  • Suffocation: Suicides by hanging, strangulation or suffocation: ICD-10 Code(s): X70

  • Suicides by non-drug poisoning ICD-10 Code(s): X65-X69

  • Suicides by cut / pierce ICD-10 Code(s): X78

  • Suicide deaths by other mechanisms: all other injury mechanisms are combined in this category.

  • Hospitalizations and ED Visits:

  • Due to the transition of ICD-9-CM to ICD-10-CM, hospitalization and ED data are presented starting in 2016.

  • Intentional self-harm by firearm ICD-10-CM Code(s)*: X72, X73, X74.8, X74.9

  • Intentional self-harm by drug poisoning ICD-10-CM Codes(s)*: T36-T50 with 6th character of 2 (T36.9, T37.9, T39.9, T41.4, T42.7, T43.9, T45.9, T47.9, and T49.9 with 5th character of 2)

  • Intentional self-harm by suffocation ICD-10-CM Code(s)*: T71 with 6th character of 2

  • Intentional self-harm by cut / pierce ICD-10-CM Code(s)*: X78

  • Intentional self-harm by non-drug poisoning ICD-10-CM Code(s)*: T51-T65 with 6th character of 2 (T51.9, T52.9, T53.9, T54.9, T56.9, T57.9, T58.0, T58.1, T58.9, T59.9, T60.9, T61.0, T61.1, T61.9, T62.9, T63.9, T64.0, T64.8, and T65.9 with a 5th character of 2)

  • Intentional self-harm by other mechanisms: all other injury mechanisms are combined in this category.

  • Injury mechanisms for non-fatal intentional self-harm are mutually exclusive, but more than one type of injury may occur in an ED visit or hospitalization.

  • Non-fatal intentional self-harm categories are derived from the injury subset definition.

  • Data may contain multiple hospitalizations or ED visits for the same person/injury event due to hospital transfers, readmissions, and follow-up visits. Therefore, the data reflects the number of hospitalizations or ED visits and not the number of people injured.

  • Data for specific mechanisms of injury may be underestimated due to incomplete reporting of the external cause of injury.