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Show Table 34 Suicide (ICD-9Code: E950-E959) Mortality Rates per 100,000 Population (1990 Total Deaths in Utah = 265) Crude Rates Age-adjusted Rates Year Utah Mtn US Year Utah US Utah:US Comparison 1970 14.4 16.0 11.6 1970 16.4 11.8 1.39:1 1979 12.6 17.6 12.1 1979 14.5 11.7 1.24:1 1980 12.9 16.2 11.9 1980 14.6 11.4 1.28:1 1981 12.9 17.1 12.0 1981 14.7 11.5 1.28:1 1982 13.0 17.4 12.2 1982 14.3 11.6 1.23:1 1983 13.3 17.3 12.1 1983 14.6 11.4 1.28:1 1984 13.9 17.1 12.4 1984 15.3 11.6 1.32:1 1985 13.1 17.3 12.3 1985 14.2 11.5 1.23:1 1986 14.5 18.7 12.8 1986 15.9 11.9 1.34:1 1987 14.1 18.7 12.7 1987 15.3 11.7 1.31:1 1988 13.5 19.0 12.4 1988 14.8 11.4 1.30:1 1989 12.4 17.7 12.2 1989 13.4 11.3 1.19:1 1990 15.4 na 12.3 1990 16.4 11.5 1.43:1 1991 16.9 na na Source: (Crude rates) Utah -1970: Utah Department of Social Services, Division of Health. (1970). Utah 1970 Vital Statistics: Annual Report. Salt Lake City: Author, p. 45. 1979-1989: Utah Department of Health, Division of Health Care Resources, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics. (1992). Utah's Vital Statistics Annual Report 1989 (Report No. 148). Salt Lake City: Author, p. 17. 1990 - Utah Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Center for Health Statistics. Utah's Vital Statistics Summary (Report No. 146). Salt Lake City: Author. VS. -1979-1988: National Center For Health Statistics. (1990). Vital Statistics of the United States. 1988. VoL IL Mortality, Part B (DHHS Publication No. PHS 90-1102). Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, p. 11. UJS.: 1970,1989 and 1990: United States Bureau of the Census. (1992). Statistical Abstract of the United States: 1992 (112th ed.). Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, p. 82. Mountain States: Utah Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics. Unpublished report. (Age-adjusted Rates) Utah -1970 and 1979 Utah Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics. Unpublished report. 1980-1991: Utah Department of Health, Division of Community Health. Unpublished report VS. -1970: United States Bureau of the Census. (1992). Statistical Abstract of the United States: 1992 (112th ed). Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, p. 81. 1979-1990: National Center for Health Statistics. Monthly Vital Statistics Report. 22(6); 24(6); 25(6); 26(5); 22(6); 22(7); 4J2(8); 41(7). Public Health Service, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. From 1979-1991, Utah's age-adjusted death rates for suicide has been consistently higher than the nation's (Table 34, Figure 26). The Utah:U.S. comparison shows Utah to be about one-third higher on average than the U.S. Suicide death rates in Utah increased from 1989 to 1990, and maintained a similarly high rate in 1991. The 265 suicide deaths reported in Utah in 1990 may be lower than the actual number of suicides that occurred. Some suicides go unreported, or are reported as some other type of death. Western states generally have had higher rates of suicide than the nation. Although Utah is higher in death rates due to suicide compared to the nation, it is lower than the Intermountain Region1 as a whole (Table 34). It is unclear why the Intermountain Region has a higher suicide rate than the nation. Several hypothetical reasons frequently suggested are: more social isolation, increased populations of higher risk groups, heavy alcohol consumption, and a higher proportion of males.2 1 Mountain states include Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah. 2Adapted from: Vanleer, T. (1985, July 7). Unexpected Increase Reported in Utah's Teenage Suicide Rate, Deseret News. Utah's Health: An Annual Review 1993 29 |
