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  • Lorain County has a suicide rate of 9.5 per every 100,000 persons
  • Lorain County is lower than the national average of 11.5 per every 100,000 persons
  • Lorain County ranks 66 out of 88 Ohio counties with 1 being the county with the highest suicide rate
  • 82.6% of suicides are male
  • In Lorain, 35-44 age group has the highest suicide rate

Mental Health Board Contact Information

Lorain County Mental Health Board
 
1173 North Ridge Road East, Suite 101
Lorain, OH 44055		   Charlie Neff, Blanche Dortch, Co-Interim Executive Director
cneff@lcmhb.org
1 440-233-2020
http://www.lcmhb.org/

County Coalition Contact Information

Suicide Preventioin Coalition: Yes   Implementation Grants Received: Yes
Year Established:   Mini-Grants Received: Yes
     
  

Suicides by Age Group  

Year
<=12
13 - 18
19 - 25
26 - 35
36 - 50
51 - 65
66 +
Total
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2009
0
0
1
0
7
2
1
11
2008
0
4
0
6
13
7
2
32
2007
0
0
2
5
10
9
5
31
2006
0
4
3
7
6
5
3
28
2005
0
1
3
4
12
5
2
27
2004
0
1
4
3
9
9
5
31
                 
Source: Ohio Department of Health

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