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  • Oklahoma can reduce its soaring suicide rates by looking to Tribal programs

    Eric Kyle|Updated May 13, 2026

    In Oklahoma, an average of two to three people die by suicide every day. This rate is more than 1.5 times the national average and has increased by almost 150 percent since 2000. Overall, as reported by the Oklahoma Voice last year, the state's soaring suicide rates place them in the top ten nationally. For Native Americans in Oklahoma, these rates had long been even more concerning. As recently as 2021, Indigenous Americans suicide rates were more than twice the national...