Data Sources:

• Ohio Department of Health, Data Warehouse (numbers, percentage, and rates of suicide)
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics (suicide national cause of death rank)

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Definitions:

• Suicide death rate: Rates are per 100,000 population. They are the average annual rates calculated over a 3-year period.

Explanations and Caveats:

• Annual fluctuations in state and county levels combined with relatively small populations can make these data highly variable. The use of several years’ data is preferable to conclusions based on single years alone. Hence the Ohio Department of Health started using 3-year averages for death rates in 2000.