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Suicide in Detroit 1975: Changes and Continuities
Author(s) -
Stack Steven
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
suicide and life‐threatening behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.544
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1943-278X
pISSN - 0363-0234
DOI - 10.1111/j.1943-278x.1982.tb00914.x
Subject(s) - underemployment , etiology , suicide rates , suicide prevention , demography , psychology , injury prevention , human factors and ergonomics , immigration , suicide methods , poison control , medicine , medical emergency , gerontology , clinical psychology , psychiatry , unemployment , geography , sociology , economics , economic growth , archaeology
: Data on 193 cases of suicide in Detroit are analyzed to assess changes and continuities in the etiology of suicide. A significant change in the correlates of suicide is a shift in the group with the highest rate of suicide from the elderly to the relatively young age cohorts. A tentative explanation for this new pattern is suggested in terms of youth culture and underemployment. Continuities in the traditional etiology of suicide included the findings that males, persons in manual occupations, whites, and immigrants had relatively high rates of suicide.