State of Kansas

The Kansas Department of Health Center for Health and Environmental Statistics reports:

In Kansas in 2008

• Suicide was the 10th leading cause of death of Kansans of all ages, with 350 deaths.
• Despite the small overall decline in suicide deaths, there was an increase in suicide deaths of 15-24 year olds: from 59 to 69.
• The full report is available here (pdf).

In Kansas in 2007

• Suicide was the 10th leading cause of death of Kansans of all ages, with 380 deaths
• Homicide was the 15th leading cause, with 114 deaths

In Kansas in 2006

• Suicide was the 10th leading cause of death of Kansans of all ages
• The 2nd leading cause for 15-24 year olds
• The 3rd leading cause for 25-44 year olds
• The suicide deaths of 377 Kansans resulted in 12,345 total years of life lost.
• The average age at death of those 377 Kansans was 44.5; with the average for men of 43.8 and the average for women of 47.5

Child and Young Adult Deaths by Suicide in Kansas
Year	Total	5-14 year olds	15-24 year olds
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005	298 331 297 346 344 368 357	5 3 2 3 3 3 1	55 50 62 62 43 56 46

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 2007 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Survey (YRBSS)

A representative sample of 9-12 graders from across Kansas reported that they had experienced the following with the 12 months before taking the survey:

• 25.0% had felt so sad or hopeless everyday for at least two weeks in a row that they stopped doing some usual activities
• 13.9% had seriously considered attempting suicide
• 9.6% had made a plan to attempt suicide
• 6.7% had attempted suicide one or more times
• 2.1% had made a suicide attempt that resulted in an injury, poisoning, or overdose that had to be treated by a doctor or nurse

A representative sample of 9-12 graders from across the U.S. reported that they had experienced the following with the 12 months before taking the survey:

• 28.5% had felt so sad or hopeless everyday for at least two weeks in a row that they stopped doing some usual activities
• 14.5% had seriously considered attempting suicide
• 11.3% had made a plan to attempt suicide
• 6.9% had attempted suicide one or more times
• 2.0% had made a suicide attempt that resulted in an injury, poisoning, or overdose that had to be treated by a doctor or nurse

National Vital Statistics Reports, National Center for Health Statistics

Year	US Total	US rate per 100,000 population	Kansas Total	Kansas Rate per 100,000 population
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007	30,906 30,810 30,484 31,102 31,142 31,284 30,903 30,535 30,575 29,199 29,350 30,622 31,655 31,484 32,439 32,637 due 12/08	12.4 12.2 12.0 12.1 12.0 11.9 11.6 11.4 11.3 10.7 10.7 10.8 11.0 10.8 11.1 11.0	297 310 311 336 292 291 334 320 325 299 325 293 345 347 368 362 377 380	12.0 12.4 12.4 13.3 11.4 11.3 13.0 12.3 12.4 11.3 12.2 10.8 12.7 12.7 13.5 13.2 13.6 13.7