Open AccessSuicide Risk and Precipitating Circumstances Among Young, Middle-Aged, and Older Male Veterans
Author(s) -
Mark S. Kaplan,
Bentson H. McFarland,
Nathalie Huguet,
Marcia Valenstein
Publication year - 2012
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.2011.300445
Subject(s) - medicine , suicide prevention , demography , logistic regression , injury prevention , poison control , population , occupational safety and health , gerontology , medical emergency , environmental health , pathology , sociology
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the risk of suicide among veteran men relative to nonveteran men by age and to examine the prevalence of suicide circumstances among male veterans in different age groups (18-34, 35-44, 45-64, and ≥ 65 years).