Suicide clusters: an examination of age-specific effects. | Zendy

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Suicide clusters: an examination of age-specific effects.

Author(s) -

Madelyn S. Gould,

Sylvan Wallenstein,

Marjorie H Kleinman,

Patrick W. O’Carroll,

James A. Mercy

Publication year - 1990

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.80.2.211

Subject(s) - health statistics , demography , suicide prevention , young adult , injury prevention , poison control , occupational safety and health , human factors and ergonomics , gerontology , medicine , age groups , psychology , medical emergency , environmental health , population , pathology , sociology

The age specificity of time-space clusters of suicide was examined using National Center for Health Statistics data for 1978-84. Significant clustering of suicide occurred primarily among teenagers and young adults, with minimal effect beyond 24 years of age. Clustering was two to four times more common among adolescents and young adults than among other age groups.

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