Oregon Bemoans High Suicide Rate While State Promotes Assisted Suicide: Oregon officials are upset the state has a high suicide rate, but one bioethicists says the stance is duplicitous because the state promotes the practice of assisted suicide. Oregon’s suicide rate is going through the roof, and the Oregon Health Authority said it is alarmed by that fact.
'Oregon’s suicide rate is 35 percent higher than the national average. The rate is 15.2 suicides per 100,000 people compared to the national rate of 11.3 per 100,000.'
After decreasing in the 1990s, suicide rates have been increasing significantly since 2000, according to the new report OHA released entitled Suicides in Oregon: Trends and Risk Factors.
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