Open AccessSuicide in Prepubescent Children in the United States: A Descriptive Analysis of Major Characteristics and Risk Factors.
Author(s) -
Heather Dykstra
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
international journal of epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406
H-Index - 208
eISSN - 1464-3685
pISSN - 0300-5771
DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyv096.560
Subject(s) - descriptive statistics , suicide prevention , poison control , environmental health , injury prevention , human factors and ergonomics , occupational safety and health , medicine , psychology , demography , statistics , sociology , mathematics , pathology
Suicide is the third leading cause of death in youth between the ages of 10-24 in the United States. Approximately 4600 youth die by suicide annually. Detailed information about prepubescent children (children under 12 years of age) who die by suicide is lacking. Risk factors for suicidal children younger than 12 years of age may be different from adolescents and adults. This study describes the characteristics of prepubescent children who died by suicide. Risk factors of prepubescent children were compared with early-adolescent (ages 12-14) and lateadolescent (ages 15-18) youth.
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