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Rate, Number, and Ranking** of Suicide, Each U.S.A. State*

2002
*50 states and the District of Columbia

** rankings are based on rate per 100,000 (i.e., crude rate)

Rank

State [Region] (2001 rank)
Rate
Number
1

Wyoming [M] (04)
21.1
105
2

Alaska [P] (06)
20.5
132
3

Montana [M] (02)
20.2
184
4

Nevada [M] (03)
19.5
423
5

New Mexico [M] (01)
18.8
349
6

Arizona [M] (10T)
16.2
886
7

Colorado [M] (05)
16.1
727
8

West Virginia [SA] (07T)
15.3
276
9

Idaho [M] (07T)
15.1
202
10

Vermont [NE] (26T)
14.9
92
11

Oregon [P] (10T)
14.7
518
11

Utah [M] (13T)
14.7
340
13

North Dakota [WNC] (20T)
14.4
91
14

Oklahoma [WSC] (09)
14.3
501
15

Florida [SA] (13T)
14.0
2,338
16

Arkansas [WSC] (12)
13.9
377
17

Tennessee [ESC] (20T)
13.4
778
17

Washington [P] (24)
13.4
811
19

Kentucky [ESC] (22)
13.2
540
20

Maine [NE] (19)
12.8
166
21

Kansas [WNC] (36)
12.7
345
22

South Dakota [WNC] (15)
12.4
94
23

Missouri [WNC] (18)
12.2
693
24

Indiana [ENC] (26T)
12.1
743
25

Mississippi [ESC] (28T)
11.9
343
25

North Carolina [SA] (23)
11.9
986
27

Nebraska [WNC] (35)
11.6
201
28

Alabama [ESC] (28T)
11.5
514
28

Wisconsin [ENC] (25)
11.5
627
30

Ohio [ENC] (37)
11.3
1,287
31

Louisiana [WSC] (34)
11.1
499

United States (Total)
11.0
31,655
32

Michigan [ENC] (38)
11.0
1,106
32

Virginia [SA] (31T)
11.0
799
34

Pennsylvania [MA] (39T)
10.9
1,341
35

Iowa [WNC] (39T)
10.7
314
35

South Carolina [SA] (28T)
10.7
440
37

Georgia [SA] (31T)
10.6
909
37

Texas [WSC] (39T)
10.6
2,311
39

New Hampshire [NE] (17)
10.4
132
40

Minnesota [WNC] (42)
9.9
497
41

Hawaii [P] (31T)
9.6
120
42

California [P] (46T)
9.2
3,228
42

Delaware [SA] (16)
9.2
74
44

Illinois [ENC] (43)
9.1
1,145
45

Maryland [SA] (44)
8.7
477
46

Rhode Island [NE] (45)
8.0
86
47

Connecticut [NE] (46T)
7.5
260
48

Massachusetts [NE] (50)
6.8
436
49

New Jersey [MA] (49)
6.4
553
49

New York [MA] (51)
6.4
1,228
51

District of Columbia [SA] (48)
5.4
31

Caution: Annual fluctuations in state levels combined with often relatively small populations can make these data highly variable. The use of several years' data is preferable to conclusions based on single years alone. Additional years' data (1990-1999) by state and region may be found at http://www.iusb.edu/~jmcintos/SuicideStates.html

Rate and Number of Suicides, Each U.S.A. Region

Region [Abbreviation]

Rate

Number

Mountain [M]
16.9

3,216

East South Central [ESC]
12.6

2,175

South Atlantic [SA]
11.8

6,330

West North Central [WNC]
11.5

2,235

West South Central [WSC]
11.4

3,688

Nation
11.0

31,655

East North Central [ENC]
10.7

4,908

Pacific [P]
10.3

4,809

New England [NE]
8.3

1,172

Middle Atlantic [MA]
7.8

3,122

Source:

Official data source: Kochanek, K.D., Murphy, S.L., Anderson, R.N., & Scott, C. (2004). Deaths: Final data for 2002. National Vital Statistics Reports, 53(5). Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. DHHS Publication No. (PHS) 2005-1120. (p. 92, Table 29). [data are by place of residence] Regional rates and numbers were calculated using figures in Table 29, p. 92, and population data in Table V, p. 110.

Note: All rates are per 100,000 population. [Intentional self-harm (suicide) = ICD-10 Codes X60-X84, Y87.0]

Suicide State Data Page: 2002

11/27/04-JLM

16 October 2004

Prepared by John L. McIntosh, Ph.D. for

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