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  • Holmes County has a suicide rate of 4.7 per every 100,000 persons
  • Holmes County is lower than the national average of 11.5 per every 100,000 persons
  • Holmes County ranks 88 out of 88 Ohio counties with 1 being the county with the highest suicide rate
  • 100% of suicides are male
  • In Holmes, 65-74 age group has the highest suicide rate

Mental Health Board Contact Information

MH & Recovery Board of Wayne & Holmes Counties
 
2345 Gateway Drive
Wooster, OH 44691		   Judy Wortham, Executive Director
jwood@whmhrb.org
1 330-264-2527
www.whmhrb.org

County Coalition Contact Information

Suicide Preventioin Coalition: Yes   Implementation Grants Received: Yes
Year Established: 2004   Mini-Grants Received: Yes
     
Joy Stitzlein   jstitzlein@ccwhc.org

Suicides by Age Group  

Year
<=12
13 - 18
19 - 25
26 - 35
36 - 50
51 - 65
66 +
Total
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2008
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
2007
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
3
2005
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
3
2004
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
2
                 
Source: Ohio Department of Health

Representation

Ohio House of Representatives
Ohio Senate
United States House of Representatives
United States Senate