From 1999 to 2014 the suicide rate in the United States increased 24 percent. The growth rate was faster after 2006.
Suicide rates increased from 1999 through 2014 for both males and females and for all people ages 10 to 74.
The percentage increase in suicide rates for females was greatest for those between 10 and 14. For males, the greatest percentage increase was among those between 45 and 64.
In 2014, more than 55 percent of men who killed themselves used guns. The most-used method among women was poisoning. More than 34 percent used this method.
The percentage of suicides from suffocation increased for both genders between 1999 and 2014.