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Determinants of Youth Suicide:
Author(s) -
Freeman Donald G.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
american journal of economics and sociology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.199
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1536-7150
pISSN - 0002-9246
DOI - 10.1111/j.1536-7150.1998.tb03270.x
Subject(s) - cohort , demography , psychology , suicide prevention , suicide rates , poison control , medicine , gerontology , medical emergency , sociology
Suicide is the third major cause of death among American youths between the ages of 15 and 19 years. This study offers additional quantitative support for the Easerlin‐Holinger Hypothesis that relative cohort size is a significant statistical predictor of youth suicide.