Oregon saw mostly higher suicide rates in 2019, but youth rate declined Early data also shows 2020 pandemic did not bring rise in Oregon suicides 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.