How many people die by suicide in Arkansas each year?
Data updated July 19, 2024
About 547 people in 2022. In other words, there were about 18 suicides for every 100,000 people in Arkansas. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention explain that suicide can be caused by a range of factors, that exist at the individual, relationship, community and societal levels.
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In 2022,
547
people died by suicide
In 2022,
18.0
people died by suicide per 100,000
The rate of suicide in Arkansas varied over time. These changes refer to the 28.6% increase in the suicide rate per 100k age-adjusted over 20 years. The risk of suicide varies by age, so analyzing suicides with an age-adjusted rate, which accounts for these factors, provides a clearer understanding of trends over time.
The suicide rate in Arkansas has increased by 28.6% over the past 20 years.
Age-adjusted deaths per 100,000 people
In 2022, Arkansas had an age-adjusted suicide rate of 18.0. This represents a 28.6% increase compared to 20 years earlier. This change in rate is 1.7 percentage points lower than the 30.3% increase from the United States during that same period.
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Race is one demographic that affects risk of suicide. In Arkansas, White people are at the highest risk, with a rate of 22.7 suicides per 100,000 people (age-adjusted) over the 2018-2022 period.
In Arkansas, White people died by suicide at a higher rate than any other race.
Age-adjusted deaths per 100,000 people between 2018-2022
Age is also a suicide risk factor. In Arkansas, the highest risk occurs between the ages of 30 and 34, when the rate of suicide was 31.3. When compared to the national suicide rate during the same period, Arkansas’s rate of suicide was 68% higher.
Risk of suicide peaks between the ages of 30-34 years
Deaths per 100,000 people between 2018-2022
