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  • Licking County has a suicide rate of 14.5 per every 100,000 persons
  • Licking County is higher than the national average of 11.5 per every 100,000 persons
  • Licking County ranks 15 out of 88 Ohio counties with 1 being the county with the highest suicide rate
  • 79.4% of suicides are male
  • In Licking, 85+ age group has the highest suicide rate

Mental Health Board Contact Information

Licking & Knox Counties MHRS Board
 
1435-B West Main Street
Newark, OH 43055		   Wendy Williams, Executive Director
wwilliams@bhg.org
1 740-522-1234
www.Communitymhrb.org

County Coalition Contact Information

Suicide Preventioin Coalition: Yes   Implementation Grants Received: Yes
Year Established: 2003   Mini-Grants Received: Yes
     
Wendy Williams   wwilliams@bhg.org

Suicides by Age Group  

Year
<=12
13 - 18
19 - 25
26 - 35
36 - 50
51 - 65
66 +
Total
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2009
0
0
0
1
2
3
0
6
2008
0
0
0
0
3
7
2
12
2007
0
0
0
5
6
6
2
19
2006
0
1
4
5
8
5
4
27
2005
0
3
2
3
5
4
3
20
2004
0
2
2
4
5
4
4
21
                 
Source: Ohio Department of Health

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