Suicide rates on the rise across State of Texas

In the United States, a person dies by suicide every 11 minutes. In 2022 alone, more than 49,000 people died by suicide.

Suicide is the eleventh leading cause of death in the United States and among the top leading causes of death in Texas.

In 2022, Texas saw more deaths by suicide than any other state with more than 4,300. That number is a 29.7 percent increase compared to 20 years earlier, according to statistics by the Center for Disease Control (CDC).