Utah has the fifth-highest suicide rate among all 50 states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Utah Foundation, a nonpartisan public policy research group, reported this year that the suicide rate in Utah jumped from 15.8 per 100,000 in 1999 to 24.2 per 100,000 in 2016, increasing among every age group.
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Among Utahns ages 10 to 17, the number of suicides were more than four times higher in 2017 than they were in 2007, according to data kept by the Utah Department of Health. The department also said this year that Utah teenagers are reporting increasing rates of depression and suicide attempts.
