Golden Gate Bridge Suicides - Demographics
About 2,000 people have jumped off the Golden Gate Bridge, though the total number is unknown due to unconfirmed suicides. Unconfirmed suicides include those whose bodies were not recovered and/or there were no witnesses and there was not sufficient evidence that the death was a Golden Gate Bridge suicide.
2000 - 2024 Golden Gate Bridge Suicides
Total confirmed: 681
Total unconfirmed: 84
Total interventions: 2,902
Average confirmed deaths per year: 27
Average unconfirmed deaths per year: 3
Average interventions per year: 116
Source: Golden Gate Bridge Highway and Transportation District
Age |
Residency |
| 14-24—14.24% | Bay Area—83.39% |
| 25-44—44.85% | Alameda—8.15% |
| 45-64—34.85% | Contra Costa—6.58% |
| 65+—4.85% | Marin*—15.67% |
| Unknown—1.21% | Napa*—0.94% |
| San Francisco*—26.33% | |
Race |
San Mateo—6.90% |
| African American—4.24% | Santa Clara—9.40% |
| Asian—10.00% | Solano—3.46% |
| Hispanic—3.94% | Sonoma*—5.96% |
| White—80.30% | |
| Other—0.91% | Other No. Calif—7.52% |
| Unknown—0.61% | So. Calif—1.88% |
| Other US—6.27% | |
Sex |
Out of US —0.94% |
| Female—25.76% | |
| Male—74.24% | *GGB Counties—48.90% |
| Source: Marin County Coroner's Records 1994—2009 |