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A line graph showing the number of overall suicide deaths and suicides by the discharge of a firearm and by other means from 2014 through 2025. After a two year decline in all suicides from 2022 to 2024, the 2025 provisional data show a small increase in overall suicides from 48,800 to 49,000 and in firearm suicides from 27,600 to 28,000 and a small decrease in other suicides from 21,200 to 21,000 from 2024 to 2025.

<span data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody">Early Data Show Uptick in Suicide Deaths in 2025 Following a Two-Year Decline</span>

A line graph showing the number of overall suicide deaths and suicides by the discharge of a firearm and by other means from 2014 through 2025. After a two year decline in all suicides from 2022 to 2024, the 2025 provisional data show a small increase in overall suicides from 48,800 to 49,000 and in firearm suicides from 27,600 to 28,000 and a small decrease in other suicides from 21,200 to 21,000 from 2024 to 2025.

Data for 2025 are provisional. Provisional data have not been finalized and are subject to change. Analysis of CDC WONDER underlying cause of death data, 2014 to 2025. Suicide deaths were identified using ICD-10 113 Cause List, Intentional self-harm (U03, X60-X84, Y87.0). Suicide deaths by the discharge of a firearm were identified using codes X72-X74. Suicide deaths by other/unspecified means were identified using ICD-10 codes U03, X60-X71, X75-X84, and Y87.0) It is possible that some suicides may be classified under other categories.

KFF analysis of CDC WONDER Final and Provisional Data. Accessed on September 14, 2026.

Early Data Show Uptick in Suicide Deaths in 2025 Following a Two-Year Decline

Published: September 15, 2026

Overall, suicide deaths peaked in 2022 and declined through 2024 before increasing slightly by nearly 250 deaths in 2025. However, trends differed by method. Firearm suicides reached their highest level in 2025, according to provisional data, while suicides by other means continued to decline. Firearms accounted for 57% of all suicide deaths in 2025, up from 50% in 2015. Contacts to the federally mandated crisis number, 988, also continue to grow four years after implementation.

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