LOCAL DATA PROFILE
Valley County
Local community conditions with the most responsible available mortality comparison.
STATE FALLBACK MORTALITY COMPARISON
Valley County
A publishable local rate is unavailable. This profile uses the Montana pooled state rate.
95% confidence interval: 26.5–29.3 deaths per 100,000.
COMMUNITY CONTEXT
Conditions affecting access and planning
These indicators provide context. They do not prove why suicide deaths occurred.
Households with broadband internet
84.9%2020–2024READ CAREFULLY
Local numbers need restraint
Local mortality uses 2019–2023 pooled data when a rate is publishable.
Wide confidence intervals can make small numerical differences meaningless.
When local mortality is unavailable, the profile clearly uses a regional or state rate.
