There were 19,392 firearm-related suicides in the U.S. in 2010.[9] The U.S. Department of Justice reports that approximately 60% of all adult firearm deaths are by suicide, 61% more than deaths by homicide.[55] In the U.S., firearms remain the most common method of suicide, accounting for 51% of all suicides committed in 2006.[56] One study found that military veterans used firearms in about 67% of suicides in 2014.[57] Firearms are the most lethal method of suicide, with a lethality rate 2.6 times higher than suffocation (the second-most lethal method).[58]