New York State Community Health Indicator Reports (CHIRS)

Suicide mortality rate per 100,000, 2014-2016


  Cases  
Region/County 2014 2015 2016 Deaths Average population Crude rate Age-adjusted rate
Region - 1   Long Island
Nassau 94 92 109 295 1,360,492 7.2 6.8
Suffolk 141 136 132 409 1,499,046 9.1 8.5
Long Island 235 228 241 704 2,859,538 8.2 7.7
Region - 2   New York City
Bronx 69 89 89 247 1,449,774 5.7 5.7
Kings 136 139 130 405 2,629,226 5.1 5.0
New York 145 131 116 392 1,641,507 8.0 7.3
Queens 149 136 152 437 2,331,261 6.2 5.8
Richmond 31 32 31 94 474,617 6.6 6.1
New York City 530 527 518 1,575 8,526,386 6.2 5.9
Region - 3   Mid-Hudson
Dutchess 39 33 31 103 295,602 11.6 10.7
Orange 34 28 21 83 377,652 7.3 7.2
Putnam 8 4 10 22 99,143 7.4 6.6
Rockland 22 17 18 57 325,561 5.8 5.9
Sullivan 12 9 13 34 75,207 15.1 15.1
Ulster 17 31 21 69 179,938 12.8 11.8
Westchester 64 59 65 188 974,524 6.4 6.1
Mid-Hudson 196 181 179 556 2,327,627 8.0 7.6
Region - 4   Capital Region
Albany 26 32 24 82 308,799 8.9 8.5
Columbia 10 9 16 35 61,540 19.0 17.2
Greene 7 13 3 23 47,700 16.1 15.3
Rensselaer 23 19 18 60 160,037 12.5 12.5
Saratoga 18 35 28 81 226,074 11.9 11.3
Schenectady 21 15 20 56 154,964 12.0 11.7
Capital Region 105 123 109 337 959,114 11.7 11.1
Region - 5   Mohawk Valley
Fulton 6 11 6 23 53,975 14.2 14.2
Herkimer 14 6 9 29 63,152 15.3 15.3
Montgomery 3 7 4 14 49,566 9.4 8.8
Otsego 9 10 4 23 60,620 12.6 13.2
Schoharie 6 4 3 13 31,404 13.8 14.8
Mohawk Valley 38 38 26 102 258,718 13.1 13.0
Region - 6   North Country
Clinton 7 14 12 33 81,319 13.5 12.6
Essex 5 9 3 17 38,420 14.7 12.9
Franklin 5 5 8 18 50,777 11.8 10.4
Hamilton 1 3 1 5 4,656 35.8* 27.8*
Warren 6 11 7 24 64,743 12.4 10.7
Washington 11 5 5 21 62,134 11.3 11.2
North Country 35 47 36 118 302,048 13.0 11.8
Region - 7   Tug Hill Seaway
Jefferson 16 9 18 43 116,915 12.3 11.6
Lewis 8 8 2 18 27,014 22.2 20.6
St. Lawrence 10 11 12 33 110,815 9.9 10.1
Tug Hill Seaway 34 28 32 94 254,744 12.3 11.7
Region - 8   Central NY
Cayuga 8 9 9 26 78,324 11.1 10.9
Cortland 4 7 6 17 48,529 11.7 11.9
Madison 9 14 6 29 71,849 13.5 12.5
Oneida 27 23 19 69 232,187 9.9 9.2
Onondaga 45 49 51 145 467,618 10.3 10.0
Oswego 17 22 19 58 120,015 16.1 15.6
Central NY 110 124 110 344 1,018,522 11.3 10.8
Region - 9   Southern Tier
Broome 28 18 24 70 196,417 11.9 11.8
Chenango 4 4 9 17 48,950 11.6 10.3
Delaware 9 5 12 26 46,052 18.8 16.8
Tioga 9 5 4 18 49,361 12.2 11.5
Tompkins 5 7 13 25 104,829 7.9 8.9
Southern Tier 55 39 62 156 445,609 11.7 11.2
Region - 10   Finger Lakes
Chemung 11 6 14 31 87,054 11.9 11.7
Livingston 3 4 11 18 64,520 9.3 10.3
Monroe 59 79 87 225 749,061 10.0 9.9
Ontario 17 15 15 47 109,699 14.3 12.4
Schuyler 3 0 5 8 18,255 14.6* 15.3*
Seneca 8 2 7 17 34,831 16.3 13.8
Steuben 16 9 10 35 97,655 11.9 11.8
Wayne 8 11 10 29 91,432 10.6 10.6
Yates 7 3 2 12 25,060 16.0 13.1
Finger Lakes 132 129 161 422 1,277,567 11.0 10.6
Region - 11   Western NY
Allegany 7 5 8 20 47,425 14.1 12.7
Cattaraugus 14 11 10 35 78,066 14.9 14.4
Chautauqua 18 17 19 54 130,779 13.8 13.6
Erie 112 97 103 312 922,153 11.3 10.9
Genesee 7 4 10 21 58,860 11.9 11.6
Niagara 36 32 36 104 212,645 16.3 15.3
Orleans 3 3 5 11 41,637 8.8 8.4
Wyoming 7 6 6 19 40,997 15.4 13.9
Western NY 204 175 197 576 1,532,563 12.5 12.0
New York State
New York State 1,674 1,639 1,671 4,984 19,762,436 8.4 8.0

Data Source: Vital Statistics as of May 2018

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