US spending on science, space, and technology correlates with Suicides by hanging, strangulation and suffocation Upload this image to imgur 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 US spending on science, space, and technology Millions of todays dollars (US OMB) 18,079 18,594 19,753 20,734 20,831 23,029 23,597 23,584 25,525 27,731 29,449