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Show Suicide (ICD-9Code: E950-E959) (1993 Total Deaths in Utah = 264) Table 52. Suicide Rates Utah:U.S. Year Utah U.S. (Ratio) 1970 16.4 11.8 1.39:1 1979 14.5 11.7 1.24:1 1980 14.6 11.4 1.28:1 1981 14.7 11.5 1.28:1 1982 14.3 11.6 1.23:1 1983 14.6 11.4 1.28:1 1984 15.3 11.6 1.32:1 1985 14.2 11.5 1.23:1 1986 15.9 11.9 1.34:1 1987 15.3 11.7 1.31:1 1988 14.8 11.4 1.30:1 1989 13.4 11.3 1.19:1 1990 16.4 11.5 1.43:1 1991 16.9 11.4 1.48:1 1992 15.3 11.1 1.38:1 1993 15.2 - - * Age-adjusted rates per 100,000 population. Rates age-adjusted to the 1940 standard population. Utah's age-adjusted death rates for suicide have been consistently higher than the national rate since 1979. The Utah:U.S. ratio shows Utah to be about 1.3 times higher on average than the national rate, and it has climbed to almost 1.5 times higher in certain years. However, the Mountain States have typically had higher suicide rates than the nation. Therefore, although Utah's rate is higher than the national rate, it is lower than the rate for the mountain states region for the years when data is available. The difference in the mortality rates between Utah males and females is dramatic. For the ten-year period ending in 1990, rates for males and females remained fairly constant, and males were almost 4 times as likely to die from suicide. The 1991-1993 period, however, showed an increase in male deaths and a decrease in female deaths. The Utah male to female ratio increased to almost 5 to 1. Table 53. Utah* Suicide Mortality by Sex in Years1 Total Male Female 1979-81 14.5 23.2 6.3 1982-84 14.8 24.1 5.9 1985-87 15.1 24.4 6.3 1988-90 14.8 24.1 6.1 1991-93 15.8 26.5 5.4 Age-adjusted rates per 100,000 population. Rates are age-adjusted to the standard 1940 population. ^From 1979 to 1993 the Utah numbers represent a three-year average because of the small number of deaths per year. Figure 30 8. I = « .2 ? 18 j 15-i 12-: 9-- 6-- 3-- Suicide Utah ........U.S. 0 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 Rates are age-adjusted to the 1940 standard population. 76 Health Status |
