Distribution of suicides by race/ethnicity and gender U.S. 2020

In 2020, around 79 percent of suicides among males in the United States were among white males. This statistic depicts the distribution of suicide deaths in the United States in 2020, by race/ethnicity and gender.

Distribution of suicides in the U.S. in 2020, by race/ethnicity and gender

Characteristic	American Indian/Alaska Native, non-Hispanic	Asian/Pacific Islander	Black, non-Hispanic	White, non-Hispanic	Hispanic	Other	Unknown
Male	1.6%	2.8%	7.9%	78.6%	8.5%	1%	1%
Female	2.1%	4.6%	7.3%	77.8%	7.8%	1%	1%
Total	1.8%	3.2%	7.8%	78.4%	8.4%	1%	1%

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May 2023

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United States

Survey time period

2020

Age group

10 years and older

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Percentages might not total 100% due to rounding.

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