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  • Monroe County has a suicide rate of 28.5 per every 100,000 persons
  • Monroe County is higher than the national average of 11.5 per every 100,000 persons
  • Monroe County ranks 1 out of 88 Ohio counties with 1 being the county with the highest suicide rate
  • 100% of suicides are male
  • In Monroe, 85+ age group has the highest suicide rate

Mental Health Board Contact Information

Belmont-Harrison-Monroe MH & Recovery Board
 
99 North Sugar Street
St. Clairsville, OH 43950		   Linda Pickenpaugh, Executive Director
lindap@mhrs.org
1 740-695-9998

County Coalition Contact Information

Suicide Preventioin Coalition: No   Implementation Grants Received: No
Year Established:   Mini-Grants Received: No
     
  

Suicides by Age Group  

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

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