Humboldt County Suicide Breakout Data

Humboldt County Suicide Deaths Vertical bar chart of suicide death counts 2005-2021

The above bar chart shows the annual number of suicide deaths of Humboldt County residents from 2005 through 2021. The highest amount of suicide deaths was 40 in 2015, and the lowest was 21 in 2017. The source of this data is County of Humboldt Vital Statistics.

Suicide Mortality Rates by Age Range

Average Suicide Mortality Rates by Age Range, U.S., CA, Humboldt County CA, 2005-2020

This bar chart depicts the average suicide mortality rate by age range over the time span of 2005 through 2020 for Humboldt County, for California, and for the United States. The different age ranges are 14 years and under, 15 to 19 years, 20 to 29 years, 30 to 39 years, 40 to 49 years, 50 to 59 years, 60 to 69 years, and 70 years and older. The chart shows that Humboldt County has a higher average suicide mortality rate than California or the US for every age range except for the 14-years-and-under group. Sources: WISQARS Fatal Injury Data Visualization, multiple years https://wisqars-viz.cdc.gov, Humboldt County DHHS-Public Health Vital Statistics, multiple years.

Average Suicide Rate by Race/Ethnicity 2005-2021

This bar chart represents the average suicide rate per 100,000 residents by race and ethnicity for Humboldt County from 2005 through 2021. The average rate for White/non-Hispanic was 29.3. American Indian/Alaska Native had an average of 28.2, and all other race/ethnicity had an average of 12. The total suicides by race/ethnicity were 454 for White/non-Hispanic, 32 for American Indian/Alaska Native, and 42 for all other race/ethnicity. Source: County of Humboldt Vital Statistics.

Results of Humboldt County 2013-2018 Suicide Fatality Review Retrospective

Factors reported to be present in people's lives at the time of suicide.

Sources for Humboldt County breakout data:

WISQARS Fatal Injury Data Visualization, multiple years https://wisqars-viz.cdc.gov

Humboldt County DHHS-Public Health Vital Statistics, multiple years.

State of California Department of Finance—Demographics https://www.dof.ca.gov/Forecasting/Demographics/

Census.gov American FactFinder https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml

Suicide Consolidated Risk Assessment Profile (SCRAP) form. Dr. Kimberly K. Repp, PhD MPH, Washington County Research, Analytics, Informatics and Data (RAID), Aloha, OR 97007.

Notes:

Deaths are classified using the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD–10). Suicide deaths are defined as having ICD–10 underlying cause- of-death codes X60–X84 (intentional self-harm. Additionally, Humboldt County DHHS-Public Health-Epidemiology analyzes the electronic death registry system for California (CA-EDRS). The following text fields, or “Literals”, are qualitatively reviewed and each death is grouped into categories:

1. Causes of death due to or as a consequence of a particular health event

2. Significant conditions contributing to death

3. Description of injury

4. “Suicide” Manner of death, as determined by the Humboldt County Coroner or designee

Death rates are considered “Unreliable” and must be viewed with caution when the rate estimate is calculated with a numerator of 20 or less and/or a relative standard error over 23%. For further information visit CDC.