• Distribution of suicides by ethnicity and gender U.S. 2018

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This statistic depicts the distribution of suicide deaths among select ethnicities in 2018, by gender. According to the data, among males, 81 percent of suicides were among white males.

Distribution of suicides in the U.S. in 2018, by ethnicity and gender

Characteristic	White, non-Hispanic	Black, non-Hispanic	American Indian/Alaska Native, non-Hispanic	Asian/Pacific Islander	Hispanic	Other	Unknown
Male	81%	7.1%	1.5%	2.8%	7.3%	1%	1%
Female	80.4%	6.7%	1.6%	4.3%	6.7%	1%	1%
Total	80.9%	7%	1.5%	3.1%	7.2%	1%	1%

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Release date

January 2022

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United States

Survey time period

2018

Supplementary notes

Percentages might not total 100% due to rounding.

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