<p><strong>At the time of writing this answer, suicide data is not publically available post 2018</strong>.</p>

<p>CDC’s <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/injury/wisqars/fatal.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">WISQARS™ (Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System)</a> is an interactive, publically accessible, online database that provides fatal and nonfatal injury, violent death, and cost of injury data from a variety of trusted sources.</p>

<p>The CDC <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/injury/wisqars/fatal_help/data_sources.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">states</a>:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>Mortality data come from the National Center for Heath Statistics (NCHS), CDC annual mortality data files. NCHS mortality data are derived from the Multiple Cause of Death data. For more information, contact NCHS at (301)436-8500 or nchsquery@cdc.gov — or visit the <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/nchs" rel="nofollow noreferrer">NCHS website</a>.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>The National Death Index (NDI) service has death records added annually, approximately 10-12 months after the end of a particular calendar year. This information is <em>available to investigators solely for statistical purposes in medical and health research</em>. The service is <strong>not accessible</strong> to organizations or the general public for legal, administrative, or genealogy purposes. To access the NDI service, <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/ndi/index.htm" rel="nofollow noreferrer">you need to complete an NCHS application form</a>.</p>

<p>The final 2018 NDI file is available for both NDI Routine searches and NDI Plus searches.</p>

<p>The <em>Early Release File</em> for 2019 is now available for searching. <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/ndi/completion_status.htm" rel="nofollow noreferrer">See completion percentages by state</a></p>

<p>The <em>Early Release File</em> is now updated quarterly. The current searchable version will always be the most recent version.</p>

<p>The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) in an agreement with the National Association of Public Health Statistics and Information Systems (NAPHSIS) implemented a restrictive rule for publically reporting National Vital Statistics System (NVSS) state- and county-level death data for years 2008 and later, in order to avoid inadvertent disclosure of cases.</p>

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Unfortunately, the data to compare suicide rates during the COVID-19 crisis is not available. So your answer, while informative, does not help to answer the title question. BTW, thanks
BobE
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@BobE. It will be useful in a year, no?
Steven Jeuris
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@BobE - The point is that the data is not available publically at this point in time.
Chris Rogers
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@StevenJeuris, actually the data will not be useful in a year. What I am trying to validate is the claim that the current economic contraction (due to COVID-19) has resulted in a significant increase in suicides, thereby justifying the rapid "opening" of business activities despite regional increases in COVID-19 deaths. If the number of suicides occurring in the past two months is not data that available to the public, it is impossible to validate or verify the claim.
BobE
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@ChrisRogers  BTW, does the rationale " avoid inadvertent disclosure of cases" make any sense to you? I would expect that data being reported to NCHS and NAPHSIS has been anonymized for statistical purposes well before arrival at the statistics unit
BobE
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Chris Rogers
<p>In attempt to answer the question: " Have US suicides increased in March/April 2020 compared to 2019 ?". I've been unable to find any published US data for <strong>either</strong> 2019 or 2020. </p>

<p>Does anyone know of any published data? </p>

<p>Update: Resources already checked:
<a href="https://www.americashealthrankings.org/explore/annual/measure/Suicide/state/ALL" rel="nofollow noreferrer">United Health Foundation</a>
<a href="https://www.cdc.gov/injury/wisqars/index.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">CDC</a>
<a href="https://chapterland.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2017/11/US_FactsFigures_Flyer.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Suicide Facts &amp; Figures</a>
<a href="https://afsp.org/suicide-statistics/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">American Soc for Suicide Prevention</a>
<a href="https://worldpopulationreview.com/countries/united-states-population/suicide-rates/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">World Population Review-US</a>
<a href="https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/datasources/nvdrs/datapublications.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">NVDRS (cdc)</a>
and of course, Wikipedia
Common to all of these is that the most recent data is 2018 </p>

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NVSS probably has these, but that data is delayed by weeks. A quick search finds such stats using NVSS, but from 2005 https://books.google.com/books?id=HGQ-L3W_OFIC&pg=PA379 You have to look into NVDRS though for additional details https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/datasources/nvdrs/index.html
got trolled too much this week
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... and that DB is lagged by years (last summary data is for 2015) https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/datasources/nvdrs/datapublications.html Or maybe Trump cut funding for it altogether. Even from NVSS, the last summary is for 2018 https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db362-h.pdf (published April 2020)
got trolled too much this week
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@BobE - If you are going to get copycat suicides, you are going to get them whether recent data is suppressed or not. I agree though that without access to the data, corroborated evidence of lowering or rising suicide rates would be impossible.
Chris Rogers
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Source of data for US suicides (by month or quarter) 2019 vs. 2020
BobE
# Source of data for US suicides (by month or quarter) 2019 vs. 2020

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-05-20)

In attempt to answer the question: " Have US suicides increased in March/April 2020 compared to 2019 ?". I've been unable to find any published US data for **either** 2019 or 2020.

Does anyone know of any published data?

Update: Resources already checked:
[United Health Foundation](https://www.americashealthrankings.org/explore/annual/measure/Suicide/state/ALL)
[CDC](https://www.cdc.gov/injury/wisqars/index.html)
[Suicide Facts & Figures](https://chapterland.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2017/11/US_FactsFigures_Flyer.pdf)
[American Soc for Suicide Prevention](https://afsp.org/suicide-statistics/)
[World Population Review-US](https://worldpopulationreview.com/countries/united-states-population/suicide-rates/)
[NVDRS (cdc)](https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/datasources/nvdrs/datapublications.html)
and of course, Wikipedia
Common to all of these is that the most recent data is 2018

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: NVSS probably has these, but that data is delayed by weeks. A quick search finds such stats using NVSS, but from 2005 https://books.google.com/books?id=HGQ-L3W_OFIC&pg=PA379 You have to look into NVDRS though for additional details https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/datasources/nvdrs/index.html  
> **username_1**: ... and that DB is lagged by years (last summary data is for 2015) https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/datasources/nvdrs/datapublications.html Or maybe Trump cut funding for it altogether. Even from NVSS, the last summary is for 2018 https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db362-h.pdf (published April 2020)  
> **username_2**: @username_0 - If you are going to get copycat suicides, you are going to get them whether recent data is suppressed or not. I agree though that without access to the data, corroborated evidence of lowering or rising suicide rates would be impossible.  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2020-05-25. Score: 1

**At the time of writing this answer, suicide data is not publically available post 2018**.

CDC’s [WISQARS™ (Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System)](https://www.cdc.gov/injury/wisqars/fatal.html) is an interactive, publically accessible, online database that provides fatal and nonfatal injury, violent death, and cost of injury data from a variety of trusted sources.

The CDC [states](https://www.cdc.gov/injury/wisqars/fatal_help/data_sources.html):

> Mortality data come from the National Center for Heath Statistics (NCHS), CDC annual mortality data files. NCHS mortality data are derived from the Multiple Cause of Death data. For more information, contact NCHS at (301)436-8500 or nchsquery@cdc.gov — or visit the [NCHS website](https://www.cdc.gov/nchs).

The National Death Index (NDI) service has death records added annually, approximately 10-12 months after the end of a particular calendar year. This information is *available to investigators solely for statistical purposes in medical and health research*. The service is **not accessible** to organizations or the general public for legal, administrative, or genealogy purposes. To access the NDI service, [you need to complete an NCHS application form](https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/ndi/index.htm).

The final 2018 NDI file is available for both NDI Routine searches and NDI Plus searches.

The *Early Release File* for 2019 is now available for searching. [See completion percentages by state](https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/ndi/completion_status.htm)

The *Early Release File* is now updated quarterly. The current searchable version will always be the most recent version.

The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) in an agreement with the National Association of Public Health Statistics and Information Systems (NAPHSIS) implemented a restrictive rule for publically reporting National Vital Statistics System (NVSS) state- and county-level death data for years 2008 and later, in order to avoid inadvertent disclosure of cases.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Unfortunately, the data to compare suicide rates during the COVID-19 crisis is not available. So your answer, while informative, does not help to answer the title question. BTW, thanks  
> **username_3**: @username_0. It will be useful in a year, no?  
> **username_2**: @username_0 - The point is that the data is not available publically at this point in time.  
> **username_0**: @StevenJeuris, actually the data will not be useful in a year. What I am trying to validate is the claim that the current economic contraction (due to COVID-19) has resulted in a significant increase in suicides, thereby justifying the rapid "opening" of business activities despite regional increases in COVID-19 deaths. If the number of suicides occurring in the past two months is not data that available to the public, it is impossible to validate or verify the claim.  
> **username_0**: @ChrisRogers  BTW, does the rationale " avoid inadvertent disclosure of cases" make any sense to you? I would expect that data being reported to NCHS and NAPHSIS has been anonymized for statistical purposes well before arrival at the statistics unit  

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