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Table 4 Annual-averaged suicide counts, rates and costs by state, 2018/2019

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

814

16.6

4.9

2,249.2

6,378.7

8,632.3

Montana

277

26.0

0.9

761.8

2,192.2

2,954.8

Alaska

197

26.8

0.9

652.0

1,730.7

2,383.5

Nebraska

290

15.0

1.2

799.9

2,272.3

3,073.4

Arizona

1,429

19.8

6.8

3,725.6

10,774.5

14,506.9

Nevada

650

21.2

3.0

1,666.7

4,896.5

6,566.2

Arkansas

551

18.3

2.2

1,557.5

4,371.7

5,931.4

New Hampshire

267

19.7

0.9

705.1

2,047.9

2,753.9

California

4,464

11.3

20.2

11,659.4

33,836.9

45,516.5

New Jersey

770

8.7

4.0

2,009.6

5,917.6

7,931.2

Colorado

1,297

22.6

6.4

3,805.9

10,589.6

14,402.0

New Mexico

525

25.0

2.4

1,473.6

4,178.6

5,654.7

Connecticut

427

12.0

2.0

1,059.2

3,195.2

4,256.5

New York

1,714

8.8

8.4

4,589.7

13,280.2

17,878.3

Delaware

112

11.5

0.5

318.5

899.6

1,218.6

North Carolina

1,426

13.7

7.0

3,804.3

11,017.1

14,828.4

DC

49

7.0

0.3

143.9

405.8

550.0

North Dakota

142

18.6

0.7

439.0

1,199.4

1,639.1

Florida

3,516

16.4

18.9

8,079.3

24,939.5

33,037.7

Ohio

1,822

15.6

10.9

4,978.6

14,205.5

19,194.9

Georgia

1,577

14.9

7.3

4,437.7

12,527.9

16,972.9

Oklahoma

803

20.3

3.4

2,285.8

6,415.2

8,704.4

Hawaii

200

14.1

1.2

563.4

1,571.6

2,136.2

Oregon

875

20.8

3.1

2,282.4

6,685.7

8,971.2

Idaho

391

22.1

1.8

1,076.5

3,072.2

4,150.5

Pennsylvania

1,955

15.3

8.7

5,071.0

14,834.3

19,914.0

Illinois

1,464

11.5

7.5

4,004.6

11,484.2

15,496.3

Rhode Island

115

10.8

0.7

291.1

860.0

1,151.8

Indiana

1,026

15.3

5.2

2,909.9

8,186.9

11,102.0

South Carolina

832

16.3

4.2

2,305.8

6,521.1

8,831.1

Iowa

509

16.1

3.0

1,459.4

4,059.3

5,521.8

South Dakota

175

19.8

0.6

543.2

1,489.0

2,032.8

Kansas

540

18.5

2.7

1,624.3

4,441.4

6,068.5

Tennessee

1,190

17.5

6.5

3,171.4

9,185.7

12,363.6

Kentucky

778

17.4

3.6

2,132.1

6,076.6

8,212.3

Texas

3,911

13.6

21.9

11,392.6

31,702.0

43,116.6

Louisiana

712

15.3

3.5

1,979.2

5,605.7

7,588.4

Utah

660

20.7

2.8

2,124.2

5,682.5

7,809.5

Maine

273

20.4

1.0

678.9

2,014.9

2,694.8

Vermont

118

18.8

0.4

301.2

886.2

1,187.9

Maryland

654

10.8

3.0

1,720.0

5,002.9

6,725.8

Virginia

1,192

14.0

6.3

3,224.7

9,286.6

12,517.5

Massachusetts

694

10.1

3.1

1,816.5

5,349.6

7,169.1

Washington

1,258

16.6

5.8

3,317.5

9,665.2

12,988.6

Michigan

1,510

15.1

7.7

4,132.7

11,792.9

15,933.4

West Virginia

363

20.2

1.7

987.1

2,811.8

3,800.6

Minnesota

785

13.9

4.1

2,282.0

6,353.3

8,639.4

Wisconsin

867

14.9

4.4

2,375.3

6,788.5

9,168.2

Mississippi

429

14.4

1.7

1,178.6

3,338.5

4,518.8

Wyoming

159

27.4

0.7

437.4

1,236.1

1,674.2

Missouri

1,186

19.3

4.9

3,298.5

9,344.8

12,648.2

UNITED STATES

47,928

14.6

235.1

129,883.8

372,602.0

502,720.9

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