Oregon s suicide rate rose in 2019, except among youth
Published CDC statistics saw Oregon rise to the nation s ninth highest suicide rate over 2019, but deaths among young people actually declined for the first time in years.
Posted: Mar 4, 2021 3:43 PM
Updated: Mar 4, 2021 3:50 PM
Posted By: Jamie Parfitt
PORTLAND, Ore. Published CDC statistics saw Oregon rise to the nation s ninth highest suicide rate over 2019, but deaths among young people actually declined for the first time in several years.
Oregon was 17th in the nation for suicide deaths in 2018, and 15th the year before that, according to the Oregon Health Authority. Federal data logged 906 deaths by suicide in 2019, or a rate of 20.4 deaths per 100,000 people, compared to 844 deaths in 2018 and 825 in 2017.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) Oregon had the nation’s ninth-highest suicide rate across all ages in 2019 a significant difference from the year before, when the state was 17th in suicide deaths, according to suicide mortality data published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The state had 20.4 deaths by suicide per 100,000 people in 2019 the same rate as Idaho with a total of 906 deaths, the Oregon Health Authority said Thursday. In 2018, the suicide death rate was 19 per 100,000, which amounted to 844 total deaths.
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