| Show ICD-9 Code E950-E959 1998 Total Suicide Deaths in Utah 336 Compiled by Kelly Ann Booth Utahage-adjusted death rates for suicide are consistently higher than the national rate The UtahS ratio in 1998 shows Utah to be about6 times that of the national rate The Mountain States in general have typically had higher sicide rates than the nation Although Utahrate is higher than the national rate it is lower than the rate for the mountain states region for the years when data are available The difference in the mortality rates between Males in Utah males and females is dramatic Utah are on average four times more likely to die from suicide than females in Table 49 Suicide Mortality by Gender Utah 1979-1998 Year Male Total Female 3 232 145 1979-81 59 24148 1982-84 63 243 151985-871 241 148 1988-904 26151991-93 59 255 156 19948 24151 1995 52 243 146 19964 236 141997 57 281 161998 Note from 1679 1o 1993 the Utah numbers representthiee year average due to the low number of deaths each year Table 50 Suicide Rates Utah andS 19801998 Utah Year UtahS S 114 141980 15 1419816 1419824 1419836 1519845 1419859 151986 1987 1511988 1411989 1311990 1615 1991 1611153 19923 1519932 1519940 1519956 1519961 1997 101998 7000 population TAge adjusted to the 1940 standard population Sources Utah 1982-1998 Utah Department of Health Division of Community Health Action 2000 Online S 1980-1998 S jon2000 Public Health Services Department of Health and Human Service Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Statistics Vitalhly National Center for Health Statistcs Mont nd Marri Annual Summ DeathsS Online wwe cac ovinchswww Figure 21 Suicide Rates Utah andS 1980-1998 Age-adjusted Mortality per 100 000 Population1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1908 95 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
