Suicide rates increase in nearly every state

A report by the CDC shows that suicide rates increased in every state except for Nevada from 1999 through 2016.

Half of the states saw suicide rates increase by more than 30 percent during this time frame.

North Dakota saw the highest increase of 57.6 percent. Delaware had the lowest increase of 5.9 percent. Nevada saw a 1 percent decrease, the only state with a reduction of its suicide rate.

 

 

Surprisingly, 54 percent of people who died by suicide did not have a known mental health condition. People who die by suicide are more likely to be male and to die by firearm, regardless if there is a known mental health condition.

In 2016, nearly 45,000 people died by suicide in the United States.

State	Percent Change 1999-2016	2016 Suicide Rate
National	25.4	15.4
Alabama	21.9	17.5
Alaska	37.4	28.8
Arizona	17.3	20.9
Arkansas	36.8	21.2
California	14.8	12.1
Colorado	34.1	23.2
Conneticut	19.2	11.5
Delaware	5.9	14.4
District of Columbia	16.1	6.9
Florida	10.6	16.4
Georgia	16.2	15
Hawaii	18.3	15.2
Idaho	43.2	24.7
Illinois	22.8	12.2
Indiana	31.9	17.1
Iowa	36.2	16
Kansas	45	19.4
Kentucky	36.6	19.3
Louisiana	29.3	17
Maine	27.4	18.5
Maryland	8.5	10.8
Massachusetts	35.3	10
Michigan	32.9	15.6
Minnesota	40.6	15
Mississippi	17.8	15.2
Missouri	36.4	20
Montana	38	29.2
Nebraska	16.2	14.8
Nevada	-1	23.1
New Hampshire	48.3	20
New Jersey	19.2	9.2
New Mexico	18.3	26
New York	28.8	9.3
North Carolina	12.7	15.3
North Dakota	57.6	20.9
Ohio	36	15.8
Oklahoma	37.6	23.5
Oregon	28.2	21.1
Pennsylvania	34.3	16.3
Rhode Island	34.1	12.6
South Carolina	38.3	17.7
South Dakota	44.5	22.6
Tennessee	24.2	18.2
Texas	18.9	14.5
Utah	46.5	25.2
Vermont	48.6	19.7
Virginia	17.4	15
Washington	18.8	17.6
West Virginia	37.1	21.4
Wisconsin	25.8	16.5
Wyoming	39	28.8