Firearm Suicide in Texas

• Three out of every five gun deaths in Texas are suicides.

• More than half of all suicides in Texas (58%) are by firearm.
• The firearm suicide rate in Texas has increased 18% over the last decade.
• 84% of people who die by firearm suicide in Texas are male; and 90% are White.

Gun Deaths in Texas, 2016 Suicide Deaths in Texas,

6% 2016
3%
(n=216)
(n=115)
12%
37%
(n=402)
(n=1,222)

24%
60%
(n=854)
(n=2,016) 58%
(n=2,016)

Firearm Suffocation
Suicide Homicide Other
Poisoning Other
Total Gun Deaths in 2016: 3,353 Total Suicide Deaths in 2016: 3,488

Texas Firearm Suicide Rate, 2007-2016

Age-adjusted Firearm Suicide Rate per 100,000

7.6
7.28
7.4
7.2
7
6.8
6.6
6.4
6.2
6
5.8
5.6
5.4
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Year

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 Firearm Suicide in Texas – Demographic Information

Firearm Suicide Deaths in Firearm Suicide Deaths in

Texas, 2016, by sex Texas, 2016, by race
1%
16% 7% (n=47)
(n=331) (n=138)

84%
(n=1,68 90%
5) (n=1,831)

Male Female White Black Other

Source: National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, CDC. United States and Texas Suicide Deaths and Rates
per 100,000. Fatal Injury Reports, 1999-2016. Retrieved June 18, 2018, from
http://www.cdc.gov/injury/wisqars/fatal.html
Note: The most recently available CDC data is 2016; as such, 2016 data is used where appropriate.

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