Thread by @tylerblack32

Data Update: Suicide Subpopulations in 2020

Colorado Subgroup Data is out, so I can focus on demographic groups in a major US State. Colorado has ~5.8 million people.

Let's look overall at the state first. The suicide rate decreased* in 2020 by a small amount (2.3%).

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It should be noted that this rate of suicide is quite high. Colorado ranks 6th among states for suicide.

Let's break it down by gender:

In Colorado, suicide rates for men were essentially unchanged, and there was a minor decrease* in the rates for women.

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By CDC Race categories*:

We see it was only white Coloradans that overall had a suicide rate decrease*. All non-white Coloradans displayed an increased* rate in 2020 by varying degrees. Indigenous suicides by # are smaller and show variance but by rate dwarf the others.

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Here we have the long-awaited youth data!

There was no significant change in suicide rates for Coloradans under 20.

For youth subgroups:
White youth: slight increase*
Nonwhite youth: slight decrease*
Male: slight decrease*
Female: no change*

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* Note that for all comparisons from 2019-2020, NONE (increase are decrease) are outside of the expected variance based upon comparing two proportions. However as this is the whole state population, increases and decreases are characterizable.

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Suicides by gun were unchanged.

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cohealthviz.dphe.state.co.us/t/HSEBPublic/v…

All data is available here.