Health Care Resource Guide | 2018-2019 5
Fighting hunger together
132 golfers and 74 sponsors raised $220,000!
Together we help 65
+
hunger relief
organizations across the state.
Fallon Health acknowledges the support of our
top sponsors at our 13
th
Annual Golf & Gather
FORE a Cause event:
Epstein Becker Green, CVS Health,
Beacon Health Options, Charter TV3
and Worcester Business Journal.
Thank you!
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2018)
Suicide rates
Massachusetts has the third lowest suicide rate in the nation, but the rate of suicides
in Massachusetts rose by 35 percent from 1999 to 2016. Here is how Massachusetts
compares to the national average in age-adjusted annual rate per 100,000 people:
0
5
10
15
20
1999-
2001
2002-
2004
2005-
2007
2008-
2010
2011-
2013
2014-
2016
Age-adjusted annual rate per 100,000 people
15.4
10
Massachusetts
United States
Percent change
from 1999 to 2016:
25%
35%
