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Show Suicide (ICD-9: 950-959: ICD 10: X60-X84. Y87.0) Compiled by Jackie Grant and Ryan Roberts 2000 Utah Suicide Deaths: 264 Utah's age-adjusted death rates for suicide are consistently higher than the national rate. The UtahiU.S. ratio in 2000 shows Utah rate to be almost 1.4 times the national rate (Table 72). The Mountain States typically have higher suicide rates than the rest of the nation. Utah's suicide rate was lower than that of the mountain state region during the years for which those data are available. There is a dramatic difference between the suicide mortality rates for females and males (Figure 46). Historically, males in Utah are four to five times more likely than females to take their own lives, though the female suicide rate rose to an all-time high in 2000. In addition, the suicide rate generally increases with age (Figure 47). In 1999 and 2000, over half of Utah suicides were caused by intentional firearm discharge, and those aged 35 and older used firearms more often than all other methods combined. Table 72. Mortality per 100,000 Population from Suicide, Utah and U.S., 1980-2000.a Year Utah U.S. Utah:U.S. 1980 14.6 11.4 1.28 1981 14.7 11.5 1.28 1982 14.3 11.6 1.23 1983 14.6 11.4 1.28 1984 15.2 11.6 1.31 1985 14.1 11.5 1.23 1986 15.9 11.9 1.34 1987 15.2 11.7 1.30 1988 14.7 11.4 1.29 1989 13.3 11.3 1.18 1990 16.4 11.5 1.43 1991 16.9 11.4 1.48 1992 15.3 11.1 1.38 1993 15.2 11.3 1.35 1994 15.7 11.2 1.40 1995 15.1 11.0 1.37 1996 15.6 11.6 1.34 1997 15.1 11.1 1.36 1998 16.7 10.4 1.61 1999 14.0 10.7 1.31 2000 14.5 10.7 1.36 a Age-adjusted to 2000 standard population. o o o o o CO CD Q Female -¦- ¦-Male 30 -1 25 J 25'5 24.4 '---------¦----- 24'3 23.6 ^S -¦-------^ 28.1 24.3 *V__ 22.4 20 - 15 - 10 -1 5.9 5.8 6.4 5.2 5.7 7.2 4.3 t .« 5 - * 0 - 1994 1996 1998 Year 2000 CD CD Q 60 -i 50 -40 -30 -20 -10 - ! Female UMale 48.7 38.8 31.7 33.1 0.4' 3.7 28.1 9.4 5.4 1-14 15-24 25-44 45-64 65-84 > 85 Age (years) Figure 46. Mortality from Suicide in Utah by Gender, 1994-2000. Figure 47. Mortality from Suicide in Utah by Age and Gender, 2000. Sources: Utah 1982-1998: Utah Department of Health. Division of Community Health. Action 2000. [Online] http://www.health.ut.us/action2000/. Utah 1999-2000: Utah Department of Health. Indicator Based Information System for Public Health. [Online] http://ibisph.state.ut.us/. U.S. 1980-2000: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for Health Statistics. Monthly Vital Statistics Report: Annual Summary of Births, Marriages, Divorces and Deaths U.S. [Online] http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/. Utah's Health: An Annual Review Volume VIII 103 |