The most recent suicide figures I could find are from 2014. Oregon ranks 8th, not number one as the author says. Alaska is second highest, after Montana. Checking the  Oregon Health Authority report, cited by Parker in the article, I find Oregon has a rate 42% higher than the national average but at the time of the report was 9th highest among states. It's ironic that the easier fact checking gets the more likely facts are to be wrong in a polemic piece such as this.