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Annual number of suicides in the United States from 1900 to 1970, by method

Characteristic	Firearms and explosives	Poisoning	Hanging or strangulation	Other
1970	11,772	6,584	3,253	1,871
1969	11,304	6,118	3,158	1,784
1968	10,911	5,684	3,099	1,678
1967	10,550	5,695	2,778	2,302
1966	10,407	5,588	2,863	2,423
1965	9,898	5,995	3,197	2,417
1964	9,806	5,541	3,005	2,236
1963	9,595	5,785	3,057	2,388
1962	9,487	5,126	3,154	2,440
1961	9,037	4,501	3,157	2,304
1960	9,017	4,330	3,366	2,328
1959	8,788	4,048	3,525	2,272
1958	8,871	3,958	3,562	2,128
1957	7,841	3,347	3,559	1,885
1956	7,817	3,367	3,638	1,905
1955	7,763	3,429	3,591	1,977
1954	7,539	3,516	3,370	1,931
1953	7,293	3,269	3,397	1,988
1952	7,013	3,187	3,358	2,009
1951	6,873	3,664	3,360	2,012
1950	7,377	3,969	3,592	2,207
1949	7,215	3,834	3,641	2,303
1948	6,660	3,830	3,577	2,287
1947	6,691	3,690	3,750	2,407
1946	6,276	3,859	3,599	2,418
1945	5,321	3,718	3,301	2,442
1944	4,808	3,205	3,062	2,156
1943	5,076	3,434	3,045	2,170
1942	6,117	4,136	3,433	2,431
1941	6,385	4,892	3,340	2,485
1940	7,073	5,623	3,554	2,657
1939	6,944	5,405	3,504	2,658
1938	7,357	5,755	3,756	2,933
1937	7,073	5,485	3,795	2,941
1936	6,771	5,241	3,528	2,754
1935	6,830	5,247	3,399	2,738
1934	7,296	5,334	3,517	2,681
1933	7,798	5,835	3,543	2,817
1932	7,940	6,225	3,615	2,866
1931	7,409	5,972	3,560	2,866
1930	6,735	5,541	3,268	2,779
1929	5,565	5,074	2,901	2,505
1928	5,366	4,794	2,851	2,379
1927	4,864	4,505	2,516	2,211
1926	4,469	4,046	2,371	2,196
1925	4,209	3,628	2,259	2,113
1924	4,197	3,544	2,102	2,003
1923	3,825	3,299	2,049	1,993
1922	3,831	3,231	1,880	1,934
1921	4,015	3,045	1,934	1,912
1920	3,078	1,368	1,611	2,733
1919	3,204	1,500	1,716	3,123
1918	3,372	1,411	1,624	3,278
1917	3,057	1,645	1,488	2,967
1916	3,066	1,814	1,434	2,867
1915	3,266	2,178	1,634	2,933
1914	2,950	2,657	1,468	2,727
1913	2,609	2,469	1,300	2,554
1912	2,462	2,419	1,341	2,327
1911	2,559	2,567	1,291	2,195
1910	2,173	1,955	1,160	1,995
1909	2,017	1,989	1,092	1,963
1908	1,931	1,803	1,016	1,756
1907	1,522	1,454	780	1,271
1906	1,230	1,257	692	1,144
1905	741	843	541	815
1904	585	838	518	670
1903	520	791	413	649
1902	449	626	382	667
1901	439	636	411	619
1900	449	619	409	559

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1977

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United States

Survey time period

1900 to 1970

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Alaska included from 1959. Hawaii included from 1960.

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Firearms and explosives (although mostly firearms) have been the most common method of death by suicide since the early 1900s. Poisoning was generally the second-most common method, although there were some years where there were more suicide deaths due to hanging or strangulation. In this period, the suicide rate peaked in the early-1930s, at the height of the Great Depression, with almost 20,000 deaths by suicide in 1932 alone. Although the total number of deaths by suicide in the given period was highest in 1970, it is important to note that the U.S. population grew significantly during the 20^th century and the suicide rate at this time was much lower than in the 1930s. Additionally, records were generally less reliable in early years, therefore many suicides may have gone unrecorded, may have been miscategorized as homicide or natural death, or miscategorized by method.