In 2020, an estimated 12.2 million American adults seriously thought about suicide, 3.2 million planned a suicide attempt, and 1.2 million attempted suicide. 3 The number of people who think about or attempt suicide is even higher. This is about one death every 11 minutes. Suicide is a leading cause of death in the United States, 3 with 45,979 deaths in 2020.
Suicide rates increased 30% between 2000–2018, and declined in 20.
