Wyoming No. 1 in suicide rates in nation
SHERIDAN — Following the release of 2019 statistics, Wyoming is again No. 1 in suicide rates per capita.
“I love Wyoming being No. 1 in everything except this one,” Sheridan Police Chief Travis Koltiska said.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released 2019 statistics Dec. 23, 2020, indicating Wyoming topped the charts for deaths per capita of suicide with 170 deaths, or a rate of 29.4 per 100,000 population. Following Wyoming were regional states: Alaska (second, 28.7 rate), Montana (third, 27.0 rate), New Mexico (fourth, 24.5 rate) and Colorado (fifth, 22.8 rate). Oregon, Nevada, Oklahoma, South Dakota and Maine rounded out the top 10.
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