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  • Lawrence County has a suicide rate of 6.5 per every 100,000 persons
  • Lawrence County is lower than the national average of 11.5 per every 100,000 persons
  • Lawrence County ranks 86 out of 88Ohio counties with 1 being the county with the highest suicide rate
  • 83.3% of suicides are male
  • In Lawrence, 15-24 age group has the highest suicide rate

Mental Health Board Contact Information

ADAMHS Board of Adams, Lawrence, Scioto Counties
 
802 Chillicothe Street
Portsmouth, OH 45662		   Tony Pollard, Executive Director
tony_pollard@adamhsals.org
1 740-354-5648
http://www.communitiesofcare.com/als/

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
0
0
1
1
2008
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
3
2007
0
0
0
1
1
0
2
4
2006
0
0
2
1
2
1
0
6
2005
0
1
1
1
2
0
0
5
2004
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
                 
Source: Ohio Department of Health

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