Table 7_1_1-3

2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

The National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR) is a comprehensive national overview of quality of health care in the United States. It is organized around four dimensions of quality of care: effectiveness, patient safety, timeliness, and patient centeredness.

Table 7_1_1.3
Suicide deaths per 100,000 population,^a by State, 1999 and 2005
State	2005			1999
State	Number	Rate	SE	Number	Rate	SE
United States	32,629	10.9	0.1	29,183	10.5	0.1
Alabama	535	11.5	0.5	555	12.5	0.5
Alaska	131	20.2	1.8	96	16.8	1.9
Arizona	943	16.2	0.5	765	15.5	0.6
Arkansas	400	14.2	0.7	336	12.6	0.7
California	3,205	9.1	0.2	3,074	9.6	0.2
Colorado	800	17.3	0.6	574	13.7	0.6
Connecticut	295	8.1	0.5	274	7.9	0.5
Delaware	83	9.6	1.1	86	11.0	1.2
District of Columbia	33	5.5	1.0	30	5.1	0.9
Florida	2,346	12.6	0.3	2,026	12.2	0.3
Georgia	924	10.5	0.3	873	11.1	0.4
Hawaii	107	8.3	0.8	136	11.1	1.0
Idaho	228	16.2	1.1	181	14.8	1.1
Illinois	1,086	8.5	0.3	1,020	8.3	0.3
Indiana	745	11.9	0.4	627	10.4	0.4
Iowa	333	10.9	0.6	305	10.3	0.6
Kansas	362	13.1	0.7	299	11.2	0.7
Kentucky	566	13.3	0.6	470	11.6	0.5
Louisiana	504	11.1	0.5	518	11.9	0.5
Maine	175	12.3	0.9	175	13.4	1.0
Maryland	472	8.4	0.4	433	8.3	0.4
Massachusetts	480	7.2	0.3	431	6.7	0.3
Michigan	1,108	10.8	0.3	974	9.9	0.3
Minnesota	546	10.3	0.4	437	9.0	0.4
Mississippi	363	12.6	0.7	304	11.0	0.6
Missouri	727	12.4	0.5	700	12.5	0.5
Montana	206	21.5	1.5	162	17.7	1.4
Nebraska	187	10.8	0.8	177	10.5	0.8
Nevada	478	20.1	0.9	402	21.3	1.1
New Hampshire	162	11.8	0.9	137	11.2	1.0
New Jersey	536	6.0	0.3	562	6.6	0.3
New Mexico	342	17.7	1.0	318	18.1	1.0
New York	1,189	6.0	0.2	1,195	6.3	0.2
North Carolina	1,009	11.5	0.4	884	11.0	0.4
North Dakota	92	13.7	1.5	73	11.1	1.3
Ohio	1,341	11.4	0.3	1,102	9.7	0.3
Oklahoma	522	14.7	0.6	492	14.4	0.7
Oregon	560	14.8	0.6	478	13.9	0.6
Pennsylvania	1,430	11.1	0.3	1,284	10.3	0.3
Rhode Island	71	6.3	0.8	96	9.1	0.9
South Carolina	510	11.8	0.5	418	10.5	0.5
South Dakota	121	15.3	1.4	103	13.7	1.4
Tennessee	856	14.0	0.5	725	12.7	0.5
Texas	2,418	10.9	0.2	2,005	10.2	0.2
Utah	348	15.1	0.8	282	14.0	0.9
Vermont	78	12.2	1.4	63	10.2	1.3
Virginia	866	11.2	0.4	790	11.2	0.4
Washington	822	12.7	0.4	816	14.0	0.5
West Virginia	255	13.2	0.8	229	12.1	0.8
Wisconsin	643	11.5	0.5	593	11.0	0.5
Wyoming	90	17.2	1.8	98	20.3	2.1

^a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population.

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System - Mortality.

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 7_1_1-3: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/7_mentalhealthsubstanceabuse/T7_1_1-3.html