QuickStats: Age-Adjusted Suicide Rates, by State — United States, 2012

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• Alternative Title:
  Age-Adjusted Suicide Rates, by State — United States, 2012
• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Description:
  In 2012, the overall age-adjusted suicide rate in the United States was 12.6 per 100,000 population. Among states, Wyoming had the highest suicide rate (29.6), followed by Alaska (23.0), Montana (22.6), New Mexico (21.3), and Utah (21.0). The District of Columbia had the lowest suicide rate (5.7), followed by New Jersey (7.4), New York (8.3), Massachusetts (8.7), and Rhode Island (9.5). For 34 states, suicide rates were higher than the overall U.S. rate. In 2012, a total of 40,600 suicides were reported in the United States
  
  Source: National Vital Statistics System (U.S.)Mortality public use data files, 2012. Available at http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data_access/vitalstatsonline.htm.
  
  Reported by: Betzaida Tejada-Vera, MS, fsz2@cdc.gov, 301-458-4231.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Quick Stats
• Source:
  MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2014; 63 (45):1041
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  0149-2195 (print) ; 1545-861X (digital)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  QuickStats ; Statistics ; Charts, Diagrams, Etc.
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• CIO:
  National Center for Health Statistics
• Topic:
  Health Statistics
• Volume:
  63
• Issue:
  45
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) National Center for Health Statistics
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