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Table 4 State Gun Ownership versus Gun Suicides, All Suicides, and Percent Suicides by Gun

From: Achieving health equity in US suicides: a narrative review and commentary

State

%Gun Owners

GO Rank

Gun Suicides

GS Rank

All Suicides

AS Rank

%Gun Suicides

%GS Rank

Alaska

61.7

1

14.26

2

22.45

1

63.5

8

Arkansas

57.9

2

9.86

9

15.74

14

62.6

11

Idaho

56.9

3

11.39

4

18.51

7

61.6

13

West Virginia

54.2

4

10.36

7

15.87

13

65.3

4

Wyoming

53.8

5

14.47

1

22.33

2

64.8

5

Montana

52.3

6

13.67

3

22.04

3

62.0

12

New Mexico

49.9

7

10.73

5

20.58

4

52.1

27

Alabama

48.9

8

9.40

13

13.62

25

69.0

2

North Dakota

47.9

9

8.34

20

15.10

15

55.2

20

Hawaii

45.1

10

2.22

47

11.76

38

18.9

50

Louisiana

44.5

11

8.35

19

12.54

31

66.6

3

South Carolina

44.4

12

8.34

21

13.24

27

63.0

9

Mississippi

42.8

13

8.99

16

12.86

29

69.9

1

Kentucky

42.4

14

9.52

12

14.76

17

64.5

6

Tennessee

39.4

15

9.14

14

14.59

20

62.7

10

Nevada

37.5

16

10.71

6

19.46

5

55.0

22

Minnesota

36.7

17

5.34

40

11.46

42

46.6

39

Texas

35.7

18

6.82

32

11.67

40

58.5

16

South Dakota

35

19

8.25

22

16.53

12

49.9

34

Wisconsin

34.7

20

6.13

35

12.90

28

47.5

37

Colorado

34.3

21

9.12

15

18.04

8

50.6

30

Indiana

33.8

22

7.23

28

13.25

26

54.6

23

Iowa

33.8

23

5.79

39

12.59

30

46.0

41

Florida

32.5

24

6.90

30

13.73

24

50.3

32

Arizona

32.3

25

9.68

11

17.05

9

56.8

19

Kansas

32.2

26

7.88

24

14.64

19

53.8

24

Utah

31.9

27

9.79

10

18.66

6

52.5

26

Georgia

31.6

28

7.71

25

11.96

37

64.4

7

Oklahoma

31.2

29

10.09

8

16.86

10

59.8

14

Virginia

29.3

30

6.89

31

12.02

36

57.3

17

Vermont

28.8

31

8.10

23

14.69

18

55.1

21

Michigan

28.8

32

5.99

38

12.05

35

49.7

36

North Carolina

28.7

33

7.28

27

12.42

32

58.6

15

Washington

27.7

34

7.02

29

14.11

22

49.7

35

Missouri

27.1

35

8.41

18

14.77

16

56.9

18

Pennsylvania

27.1

36

6.15

34

12.30

33

50.0

33

Oregon

26.6

37

8.84

17

16.57

11

53.3

25

Illinois

26.2

38

3.58

44

9.40

45

38.1

44

Maine

22.6

39

7.47

26

14.40

21

51.9

28

Massachusetts

22.6

40

1.71

50

7.86

48

21.8

49

Maryland

20.7

41

4.20

42

9.13

46

46.0

40

California

20.1

42

4.07

43

10.00

43

40.7

43

Nebraska

19.8

43

6.02

37

11.67

39

51.6

29

Ohio

19.6

44

6.12

36

12.11

34

50.5

31

Connecticut

16.6

45

2.79

45

9.01

47

31.0

45

New Hampshire

14.4

46

6.49

33

13.78

23

47.1

38

New Jersey

11.3

47

1.92

49

7.24

50

26.5

47

New York

10.3

48

2.21

48

7.26

49

30.4

46

Rhode Island

5.8

49

2.45

46

9.52

44

25.8

48

Delaware

5.2

50

5.16

41

11.50

41

44.9

42

  1. All data is age-adjusted deaths per 100,000 (2000 US population) and cumulative 1999–2019 data [3], except survey-based gun ownership by state [119], and percent gun suicides (= gun suicide rate/all suicide rate)