Open AccessMarital status and the risk of suicide.
Author(s) -
Jack C. Smith,
James A. Mercy,
Judith M. Conn
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.78.1.78
Subject(s) - marital status , demography , suicide prevention , race (biology) , census , poison control , medicine , gerontology , psychology , environmental health , population , sociology , gender studies
No recent United States study has previously calculated national suicide rates by marital status for specific age, race, and sex categories in order to better identify high-risk groups for suicide. We used national vital statistics and census data to calculate marital-status-specific rates. Results show that for each marital status group, by age and sex, married persons have the lowest suicide rates and young widowed males have exceptionally high rates.