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 - 2023 Golden Gate Bridge Suicides

Total confirmed: 673

Total unconfirmed: 88

Total interventions: 2,892

Average confirmed deaths per year: 28 Average interventions per year: 121

Source: Golden Gate Bridge 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

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