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10 States with the Highest Suicide Rates (Most Depressing and Suicidal States) The suicide rate in non-Hispanic white men age 85 or older is 4 times as high as the national average. The suicide rate is also nearly 30% higher in people ages 65 or older. Ethnically, Alaska Natives and Native Americans have the highest suicide rates. If you think someone is suicidal, the National Institute of Mental Health recommends not to leave him or her alone. Try to get the person to seek immediate help from his or her doctor or the nearest hospital emergency room, or call 911.
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Why the Happiest States Have the Highest Suicide Rates Utah, for example, ranks highest in life satisfaction — but also has the ninth highest suicide rate in the U.S. The No. 2 happiest state is Hawaii, which comes in fifth for suicides. New York, in contrast, comes in 45th in life satisfaction but has America’s lowest suicide rate.
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World suicide rates by country Notes: Data is for 2005. Suicide rates: South Korea has the highest suicide rate among OECD countries. Greece has the lowest. Gender gap: In Mexico, Poland and the Slovak Republic, for each female death there are at least five male deaths. By contrast, in Korea, the Netherlands and Norway there are two male suicides for each female death.
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- This statistic represents the drug overdose death rate in the United States in 2014, sorted by U.S. states. In that year, the highest rate amounted for the state of West Virginia with 31.3 deaths from drug overdose per 100,000 inhabitants.
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Suicide Statistics Suicide Rates by Race/Ethnicity. In 2014, the highest U.S. suicide rate (14.7) was among Whites and the second highest rate (10.9) was among American Indians and Alaska Natives (Figure 5). Much lower and roughly similar rates were found among Hispanics (6.3), Asians and Pacific Islanders (5.9), and Blacks (5.5).
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Suicides account for most gun deaths In 2010, the gun suicide rate was 6.3 per 100,000 people, compared with 3.6 per 100,000 for gun homicides. At 87%, males are the vast majority of gun suicides. By age group, people 65 and older have the highest firearm suicide rate: 10.6 per 100,000 people.hat year there were 19,392 suicides by firearm compared to 11,078 homicides by gun (35% of all firearm deaths). The rest were accidents, police shootings and unknown causes.
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Which county in the US has the highest suicide rate? Las Vegas is the city with the highest suicide rate per capita in  the US. Vegas has been at the top of the list for many years. The  state with the highest suicide rate per… capita is Alaska.
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U.S. Suicide Rate Surges to a 30-Year High The increases were so widespread that they lifted the nation’s suicide rate to 13 per 100,000 people, the highest since 1986. The rate rose by 2 percent a year starting in 2006, double the annual rise in the earlier period of the study. In all, 42,773 people died from suicide in 2014, compared with 29,199 in 1999.
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11 States with the Highest Suicide Rates in America Be informed and aware of these 11 states with the highest suicide rates in America. Even for developed countries like America suicide remains a persistent problem. There are many causes that can drive one to suicide but it is often due to a combination of multiple factors.
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Suicide SAVE uses the most current data available from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In 2013, there were 41,149 deaths by suicide in the United States. Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death; homicide ranks 16th. It is the second leading cause of death for 15 - 24 year olds.
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Prescription Drug Abuse In The U.S.; With 10 the highest score of promising strategies, Alaska scored 5 October 7, 2013 - California has the 15th lowest drug overdose mortality rate in the United States, with 10.6 per 100,000 people suffering drug overdose fatalities, according to a new report, Prescription Drug Abuse: Strategies to Stop the Epidemic.
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- Louisiana had a higher murder rate than any other U.S. state in 2014 (10.3 murders per 100,000) which marked the 26th consecutive year (1989–2014) that Louisiana has recorded the highest per-capita murder rate among U.S. states.
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- Despite these promising findings, researchers found the rate for suicide increased 2.4 percent. This is the highest it’s been in more than 25 years, The Associated Press reported. The suicide rate is now 12.6 suicide deaths per 100,000 Americans, which is close to the rate of 12.8 in 1987. [ ALSO: How Trauma Can Help You Grow ].
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10 States with the Highest Suicide Rates (Most Depressing and Suicidal States) 10 States with the Highest Suicide Rates (Most Depressing and Suicidal States) Every year 1 in 10,000, or nearly 35,000, Americans commit suicide. More than half of these people use firearms. Suffocation is the preferred method in nearly a quarter of suicides, followed by poisoning at 18% of suicides.
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A State by State Look at the Opioid Crisis Opioid overdose deaths in Washington, DC, more than doubled from 2014 to 2016. Source: Government of the District of Columbia Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. Delaware. Delaware had the country’s highest high-dosage prescription rate in 2014-2016. Source: CDC Annual Surveillance Report of Drug-Related Risks and Outcomes. Florida
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Suicide Rates in California 1 The suicide rate among those under 55 in California is slightly higher than the rate in the United States.  Adults (ages 20–59) account for 71 percent of suicides in California, with those over 60 accounting for 26 percent and adolescents accounting for less than 5 percent.
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25 Countries With The Highest Suicide Rates In The World One of the most developed, modern and richest countries in the world, Japan has been struggling with an unusually high suicide rate for a long time. Suicide is the leading cause of death in men ages 20–44 with unemployment, depression and social pressure as key contributing factors.
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Countries With Highest Suicide Rates (11 photos) Guyana, a tiny South American country, has the highest suicide rate in the continent with a rate of 26.4 suicides per 100,000 people every year. Kazakhstan, the largest landlocked country in the world is plagued, has been plagued by a suicide epidemic (25.6 suicides per 100,000 people per year) in the recent years.
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- 1 According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), depression is more prevalent in the South, with the highest percentages of adults meeting the criteria for current depression in Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, West Virginia, and Delaware.
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In which states is euthanasia, or assisted suicide, legal? A Honor Society of Nursing (STTI) answered. Three states, Oregon, Vermont, and Washington, have specific laws that allow for legal assisted suicide. Montana has allowed legally assisted suicide through court ruling. Thirty-nine states specifically prohibit assisted suicide.
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World suicide rates by country 10.1. Notes: Data is for 2005. Suicide rates: South Korea has the highest suicide rate among OECD countries. Greece has the lowest. Gender gap: In Mexico, Poland and the Slovak Republic, for each female death there are at least five male deaths.
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- This idea of high suicide rates in Scandinavia is nothing but a myth with no basis in reality. Denmark and Sweden have the same suicide rates as the U.S. (actually a tiny bit lower). South Korea has the world's highest suicide rates with 31.7 suicides per 100,000 people and year.
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The Jumpers The Golden Gate Bridge is the most popular suicide spot in the United States, perhaps even in the world. In the 75 years since its opening, at least 1,300 people have committed suicide there, an average of almost 20 people per year, or one person every 16 days.
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New York City has highest cost of living in U.S. for families: report the only price the two places draw close to is a slice of pizza it s $ 1 59 in holly springs versus an average $ 2 25 in manhattan as expected the cities with the highest total living expenses were new york washington d c $ 88600 boston $ 85600 and san francisco $ 84100the median cost of modest living was $ 63000 for a family of four living in newaygo county mich epi saids for housing families in places like new york and san francisco fork over as much as 25 % of the budget for shelter while the eight lowest cost areas for a family of four are all counties in mississippi
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Suicide Statistics Suicide Rates by Age. In 2015, the highest suicide rate (19.6) was among adults between 45 and 64 years of age. The second highest rate (19.4) occurred in those 85 years or older. Younger groups have had consistently lower suicide rates than middle-aged and older adults. In 2016, adolescents and young adults aged 15 to 24 had a suicide rate of 13.15. Suicide Rates by Race/Ethnicity
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What state in the US has the highest Child Abduction Rate? What US state has the highest polygamy rate? Polygamy is illegal in the United States although it is still practiced by fundamentalist groups located mainly in the Western United States: Utah, Texas, South Dakota, Nevada …, Montana, Colorado, Idaho, and of course Arizona.