According to a report released Wednesday by the Kansas Health Institute, suicide deaths in Kansas have increased over the past two decades. In 2016, suicide was the 10th leading cause of death in Kansas, and more than 500 Kansans died by suicide. This increase has occurred as other health outcomes have improved.

This issue brief describes trends and disparities that exist in suicide deaths in Kansas. Key points from the brief include:

Non-Hispanic Whites in Kansas (19.1 per 100,000) were approximately twice as likely to die by suicide in 2016 than were non-Hispanic Blacks (10.5) or Hispanics, Any Race (9.5).
Males made up over three quarters (78.3 percent) of Kansas suicide deaths in 2016.
The least populated counties had the highest rates of suicide deaths in Kansas in 2016 (25.9 per 100,000 in Frontier counties).

The following is a link to report from Kansas Health Institute :
http://www.khi.org/assets/uploads/news/14821/ib1809_suicide_final.pdf