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Table 3 Annual-averaged suicide counts, rates and costs by state, 1999/2000

From: Escalating costs of self-injury mortality in the 21st century United States: an interstate observational study

 

Mortality

Costsa

 

Mortality

Costsa

State

count

rate per 100,000

medical

work loss

quality of

total

State

count

rate per 100,000

medical

work loss

quality of

total

 

life loss

 

life loss

Alabama

569

12.8

2.5

1,634.2

4,496.7

6,133.3

Montana

160

17.8

0.7

447.4

1,241.3

1,689.4

Alaska

117

18.6

0.4

417.4

1,075.0

1,492.8

Nebraska

185

10.8

1.0

574.1

1,531.4

2,106.6

Arizona

775

15.3

5.5

2,180.6

6,046.5

8,232.6

Nevada

402

20.4

1.5

1,129.9

3,128.7

4,260.1

Arkansas

343

12.9

1.9

989.4

2,710.6

3,701.9

New Hampshire

134

10.9

0.5

404.2

1,088.3

1,493.0

California

3,023

9.0

15.3

8,292.9

23,243.2

31,551.4

New Jersey

562

6.7

2.9

1,585.7

4,396.7

5,985.4

Colorado

594

13.9

2.6

1,815.8

4,880.1

6,698.5

New Mexico

323

17.8

1.6

1,001.1

2,672.8

3,675.5

Connecticut

289

8.5

1.5

812.0

2,262.7

3,076.2

New York

1,164

6.1

6.2

3,411.0

9,298.7

12,715.9

Delaware

84

10.8

0.5

261.8

691.5

953.8

North Carolina

928

11.6

5.3

2,780.6

7,569.8

10,355.7

DC

27

4.6

0.2

85.3

224.3

309.8

North Dakota

71

11.0

0.4

213.9

576.5

790.8

Florida

2,058

13.0

10.8

5,240.2

15,114.5

20,365.4

Ohio

1,095

9.7

6.1

3,138.2

8,606.9

11,751.2

Georgia

860

10.6

4.6

2,558.0

6,971.9

9,534.5

Oklahoma

495

14.4

3.2

1,545.1

4,113.4

5,661.7

Hawaii

137

11.3

0.8

423.8

1,113.2

1,537.9

Oregon

486

14.2

2.2

1,317.8

3,713.8

5,033.7

Idaho

174

13.5

0.9

491.9

1,363.4

1,856.1

Pennsylvania

1,320

10.8

6.5

3,823.8

10,447.9

14,278.2

Illinois

1,012

8.2

5.4

3,004.2

8,105.9

11,115.5

Rhode Island

86

8.2

0.4

264.0

704.6

969.0

Indiana

656

10.8

4.1

2,017.1

5,362.6

7,383.7

South Carolina

431

10.8

2.1

1,240.8

3,433.6

4,676.4

Iowa

297

10.2

1.5

878.4

2,375.9

3,255.8

South Dakota

99

13.2

0.5

321.3

834.5

1,156.3

Kansas

312

11.6

2.1

960.2

2,566.7

3,529.0

Tennessee

728

12.9

4.8

2,163.6

5,881.2

8,049.6

Kentucky

496

12.3

3.1

1,475.0

3,966.7

5,444.7

Texas

2,029

9.8

11.9

6,179.8

16,682.7

22,874.5

Louisiana

493

11.0

2.9

1,495.5

4,017.0

5,515.4

Utah

290

13.1

1.6

954.6

2,500.9

3,457.2

Maine

165

12.9

0.7

489.3

1,323.2

1,813.2

Vermont

70

11.5

0.2

197.6

539.2

737.1

Maryland

455

8.6

2.2

1,340.1

3,655.0

4,997.2

Virginia

780

11.1

4.1

2,216.2

6,165.5

8,385.8

Massachusetts

409

6.5

2.0

1,240.1

3,382.5

4,624.6

Washington

772

13.1

4.6

2,222.4

6,105.8

8,332.8

Michigan

974

9.8

4.7

2,919.5

7,880.1

10,804.3

West Virginia

237

13.1

1.3

676.1

1,870.4

2,547.8

Minnesota

439

9.0

1.9

1,382.9

3,635.8

5,020.7

Wisconsin

592

11.1

2.7

1,806.8

4,869.1

6,678.6

Mississippi

299

10.5

1.9

885.2

2,410.1

3,297.1

Wyoming

91

18.4

0.4

256.0

718.5

974.9

Missouri

700

12.5

3.8

2,075.7

5,638.0

7,717.5

UNITED STATES

29,275

10.4

156.6

85,238.4

233,205.4

318,600.3

  1. a Costs in millions of dollars and sub-categories may not sum to totals due to rounding.