How many people die by suicide in Kansas each year?
Data updated July 19, 2024
About 596 people in 2022. In other words, there were about 20.5 suicides for every 100,000 people in Kansas. 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,
596
people died by suicide
In 2022,
20.5
people died by suicide per 100,000
The rate of suicide in Kansas has varied over time. These changes occur alongside changes in the age and size of the population. 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 Kansas has increased by 61.4% over the past 20 years.
Age-adjusted deaths per 100,000 people
In 2022, Kansas had an age-adjusted suicide rate of 20.5. This represents a 61.4% increase compared to 20 years earlier. This change in rate is greater than the 30.3 percent increase from the United States during that same period.
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Race is one demographic that affects risk of suicide. In Kansas, people of more than one race are at the highest risk.
In Kansas, More than one race 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 Kansas, the highest risk occurs between the ages of 30 and 34 years, when the rate of suicide was 30.6 per 100,000 people. When compared to the national suicide rate during the same period (2018-2022), Kansas’s rate of suicide was 64.5% higher.
Risk of suicide peaks between the ages of 30-34 years
Deaths per 100,000 people between 2018-2022
