Suicide Deaths and Death Rates

Suicide - Deaths and Death Rates Per 100,000 Residents
Source: 2007-2009 Vital Statistics Data as of March, 2011
Adjusted Rates Are Age Adjusted to The 2000 United States Population

(Click on a county name for a ten-year trend)

  Deaths Population Crude Adjusted
Region/County 2007 2008 2009 Total 2008 Rate Rate
Reg-1 Western New York
Allegany 7 9 6 22 49,649 14.8 15.7
Cattaraugus 12 6 14 32 79,688 13.4 12.9
Chautauqua 12 10 13 35 133,789 8.7 8.4
Erie 76 80 74 230 909,845 8.4 8.1
Genesee 2 6 5 13 57,821 7.5 7.3
Niagara 24 24 17 65 214,464 10.1 9.8
Orleans 5 4 5 14 42,135 11.1 10.5
Wyoming 9 5 7 21 41,652 16.8 16.4
Region Total 147 144 141 432 1,529,043 9.4 9.1
Reg-2 Finger Lakes
Chemung 13 15 9 37 87,813 14.0 13.3
Livingston 4 4 5 13 63,154 6.9 6.1
Monroe 65 50 58 173 732,762 7.9 7.6
Ontario 9 7 12 28 104,475 8.9 8.7
Schuyler 4 5 3 12 18,888 21.2 19.0
Seneca 3 2 7 12 34,086 11.7 11.4
Steuben 7 16 11 34 96,573 11.7 11.1
Wayne 11 11 12 34 91,564 12.4 11.8
Yates 2 1 4 7 24,652 9.5 8.9
Region Total 118 111 121 350 1,253,967 9.3 8.9
Reg-3 Central New York
Cayuga 8 7 8 23 79,823 9.6 9.2
Cortland 1 5 6 12 48,302 8.3 8.9
Herkimer 9 5 4 18 62,200 9.6 9.2
Jefferson 14 7 17 38 118,046 10.7 10.9
Lewis 2 2 4 8 26,176 10.2 11.2
Madison 8 8 4 20 69,766 9.6 9.0
Oneida 29 21 22 72 231,590 10.4 10.1
Onondaga 40 44 38 122 452,633 9.0 8.9
Oswego 19 12 11 42 121,395 11.5 11.3
St Lawrence 7 15 12 34 109,701 10.3 10.8
Tompkins 7 8 15 30 101,136 9.9 10.8
Region Total 144 134 141 419 1,420,768 9.8 9.7
Reg-4 New York-Penn
Broome 24 17 16 57 195,018 9.7 9.5
Chenango 5 5 4 14 50,898 9.2 9.2
Tioga 5 4 0 9 50,171 6.0 5.0
Region Total 34 26 20 80 296,087 9.0 8.7
Reg-5 Northeastern New York
Albany 32 30 12 74 298,130 8.3 7.6
Clinton 5 12 10 27 81,947 11.0 10.1
Columbia 7 15 7 29 62,006 15.6 13.8
Delaware 6 4 0 10 46,085 7.2 7.3
Essex 8 1 2 11 37,826 9.7 7.9
Franklin 4 5 6 15 50,521 9.9 9.2
Fulton 5 11 0 16 55,024 9.7 9.4
Greene 7 4 5 16 48,992 10.9 10.8
Hamilton 1 1 0 2 5,021 13.3 9.0
Montgomery 4 6 4 14 48,679 9.6 9.2
Otsego 5 9 6 20 61,962 10.8 11.0
Rensselaer 14 10 16 40 155,261 8.6 7.9
Saratoga 15 15 19 49 217,191 7.5 7.3
Schenectady 16 7 17 40 151,427 8.8 8.9
Schoharie 4 3 2 9 31,910 9.4 8.3
Warren 10 7 6 23 65,971 11.6 11.3
Washington 5 8 8 21 62,804 11.1 10.2
Region Total 148 148 120 416 1,480,757 9.4 8.8
Reg-6 Hudson Valley
Dutchess 26 28 23 77 292,878 8.8 8.3
Orange 35 34 28 97 379,647 8.5 8.7
Putnam 6 5 5 16 99,244 5.4 5.2
Rockland 9 21 9 39 298,545 4.4 4.2
Sullivan 14 12 8 34 76,189 14.9 13.7
Ulster 17 19 25 61 181,670 11.2 10.0
Westchester 50 60 50 160 953,943 5.6 5.5
Region Total 157 179 148 484 2,282,116 7.1 6.8
Reg-7 New York City
Bronx 75 69 83 227 1,391,903 5.4 5.6
Kings 118 139 122 379 2,556,598 4.9 4.9
New York 106 111 82 299 1,634,795 6.1 5.7
Queens 137 113 117 367 2,293,007 5.3 5.0
Richmond 20 24 26 70 487,407 4.8 4.6
Region Total 456 456 430 1,342 8,363,710 5.3 5.2
Reg-8 Nassau-Suffolk
Nassau 69 86 55 210 1,351,625 5.2 4.9
Suffolk 102 107 81 290 1,512,224 6.4 6.2
Region Total 171 193 136 500 2,863,849 5.8 5.6
New York State Total 1,375 1,391 1,257 4,023 19,490,297 6.9 6.6