We examined the impact of a state gun law environment on suicides overall and within demographic subgroups. We linked 211,766 firearm suicides and 204,625 nonfirearm suicides in the 50 states of the United States for 2005–2015 to the population in each state, year,...
Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate choice of suicide method in individuals aged 65 years and over. Methods: Data were obtained from the Queensland Suicide Register, Australia. Univariate and multi-variate logistic regression analyses were conducted....
Highlights The US firearm homicide rate is 24.9 times higher than in other high-income countries. The US firearm suicide rate was 9.8 times higher than in other high-income countries. 83.7% of all firearm deaths occurred in the US. 91.7% of women and 98.1% of all...
African-American (AA) adolescents (13–19 years of age) have disproportionately higher rates of suicide. In this study, to explore the nature of suicidal deaths and suicide attempts in African- American adolescents, we utilized the Youth Risk Behavior Surveys (YRBS)...
Suicide is a leading cause of death among our young patients. Healthcare providers in acute care settings like the emergency department have an opportunity to identify and intervene with those at risk in order to prevent death from suicide, future psychiatric...
