Fun with Statistics

Starting with the chart from yesterday's post about gun death rates

States with the Five Highest Gun Death Rates States with the Five Lowest Gun Death Rates

Rank State Household Gun OwnershipGun Death Rate per 100,000RankStateHousehold Gun OwnershipGun Death Rate per 100,000

1 Alaska 60.6 percent 19.59 50 Hawaii 9.7 percent 2.71

2 Louisiana 45.6 percent 19.15 49 Massachusetts 12.8 percent 3.18

3 Alabama 57.2 percent 17.79 48 New York 18.1 percent 4.39

4 Mississippi 54.3 percent 17.55 47 Connecticut 16.2 percent 4.48

5 Wyoming 62.8 percent 17.51 46 Rhode Island 13.3 percent 5.33

 Findlaw shows the top ten for violent crime
Here are the Top 10 states with the most -- and least -- violent crime per capita, according to the FBI's data:
Highest Crime Per Capita

1. Washington, D.C.: 1,243.7 violent crimes per 100,000 inhabitants
2. Tennessee: 643.6
3. Nevada: 607.6
4. Alaska: 603.2
5. New Mexico: 559.1
6. South Carolina: 558.8
7. Delaware: 547.4
8. Louisiana: 496.9
9. Florida: 487.1
10. Maryland: 476.8

In case you were wondering, California (423.1), New York (406.8) and Texas (408.6) didn't trail too far behind.
Lowest Crime Per Capita

1. Maine: 122.7
2. Vermont: 142.6
3. New Hampshire: 187.9
4. Virginia: 190.1
5. Wyoming: 201.4
6. Utah: 205.8
7. Idaho: 207.9
8. Kentucky: 222.6
9. Minnesota: 230.9
10. Hawaii: 239.2

CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics calculated age adjusted suicide rates by state. Here are the 10 most suicidal states in America:
10. Oregon:      15.2 suicides per 100,000
9. Utah:       15.4 suicides per 100,000
8. West Virginia:    15.9 suicides per 100,000
7. Arizona:    16.1 suicides per 100,000
6. Colorado:    16.4 suicides per 100,000
5. Nevada:    18.3 suicides per 100,000
4. Montana:    19.4 suicides per 100,000
*3. Wyoming:    19.7 suicides per 100,000
2. New Mexico:    20.4 suicides per 100,000
*1. Alaska:    22.1 suicides per 100,000
Based on National Center for Health Statistics calculations, here are the least depressed and happiest states in America:
10. California: 9.8 suicides per 100,000 residents
*9. Hawaii: 9.7 suicides per 100,000 residents
8. Maryland: 9 suicides per 100,000 residents
*7.  Rhode Island: 8.7 suicides per 100,000 residents
6. Illinois: 8.5 suicides per 100,000 residents
*5. Massachusetts: 7.6 suicides per 100,000 residents
*4. Connecticut: 7.4 suicides per 100,000 residents
*3. New York: 7 suicides per 100,000 residents
2. New Jersey: 6.7 suicides per 100,000 residents
1. District of Columbia: 5.8 suicides per 100,000 residents