The Kaiser Family Foundation used resident population data from the U.S. Census Bureau and data from the CDC’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control to calculate age-adjusted suicide rates.
Here are the suicide rates for each state and the District of Columbia in 2018 (the most recent data available):
1. New Mexico: 25 suicides per 100,000 individuals
2. Montana: 24.9
3. Wyoming: 24.8
4. Alaska: 24.4
5. Idaho: 23.9
6. Utah: 22.1
7. Colorado: 21.8
8. West Virginia: 21.1
9. Nevada: 20.8
10. Oklahoma: 20
11. Missouri: 19.5
12. New Hampshire: 19.3
13. Arizona: 19.2
T-13. Kansas: 19.2
T-13. South Dakota: 19.2
16. Oregon: 19
17. North Dakota: 18.8
18. Vermont: 18.7
19. Arkansas: 18.4
T-19. Maine: 18.4
21. Kentucky: 17.4
22. Tennessee: 16.6
23. Alabama: 16.5
24. Indiana: 16
25. Washington: 15.9
26. Iowa: 15.5
T-26. South Carolina: 15.5
28. Ohio: 15.2
29. Florida: 15.1
T-29. Louisiana: 15.1
31. Michigan: 15
32. Pennsylvania: 14.9
33. Wisconsin: 14.8
34. Georgia: 14.5
35. Virginia: 14
36. Mississippi: 13.7
T-36. North Carolina: 13.7
T-36. Texas: 13.7
39. Nebraska: 13.4
40. Minnesota: 13.1
41. Hawaii: 11.8
42. Delaware: 11.4
43. Illinois: 11.3
44. California: 10.8
45. Connecticut: 10.5
46. Maryland: 10.1
47. Massachusetts: 9.9
48. Rhode Island: 9.6
49. New Jersey: 8.3
T-49. New York: 8.3
51. District of Columbia: 7.4
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