Firearm suicide among older women in the U.S.

Kaplan, Mark S.; Adamek, Margaret E.; Geling, Olga; Calderon, Alvin

doi:10.1016/s0277-9536(96)00325-5

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“…Our study also confirmed the age differences in suicide method noted by prior studies [40,46]. The risk of suicide by hanging decreases with age for both men and women, perhaps reflective of the physical exertion required to commit suicide in this manner.…”

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confidence: 88%

“…Of interest, firearms remain the most common means of suicide for females in our population, similar to earlier trends reported by Kaplan et al [40], but different from more recent statistics that show poisoning has once again become the most common method among women in Ohio (40.3%) as well as the United States (34.6%) [41]. 7 If we remove the cases that died in the hospital, 76.1% of their sample committed suicide at home (408/536), which was very close to the percent of cases in our sample that committed suicide at home.…”

Section: Descriptive Analysessupporting

confidence: 91%

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Gender differences in suicide methods

Callanan

Davis

2011

Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol

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Compared to women, men who completed suicide with firearms were more likely to be married and committed the act at home. Unmarried men were likelier to hang themselves than married men, but unmarried women were less likely to hang themselves than married women. Men with a history of depression were more likely to suicide by hanging, but women with depression were half as likely to hang themselves compared to the women without a history of depression. Men with a history of substance abuse were more likely to suicide by poisoning than men without such history, but substance abuse history had no influence on women's use of poisoning to suicide. For both sexes, the odds of suicide by poisoning were significantly higher for those on psychiatric medications.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 88%

Section: Descriptive Analysessupporting

confidence: 91%

Gender differences in suicide methods

Callanan

Davis

2011

Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol

187

114

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“…First, the data derive from one metropolitan county in Ohio, making it impossible to draw inferences about other geographic regions. This limitation is noteworthy since prior studies have found regional differences in firearm suicides among women (e.g., Kaplan et al 1997). The largest city in Summit County, Ohio is Akron, a rustbelt community whose population has endured the attendant economic and social challenges implied in that term.…”

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confidence: 93%

Gender and Suicide Method: Do Women Avoid Facial Disfiguration?

Callanan

Davis

2011

Sex Roles

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This study hypothesizes that women are less likely than men to use suicide methods that disfigure the face. Gender differences in the use of suicide methods that disfigure the face were examined using medical examiner's files of 621 suicides covering a 10-year period from Summit County, Ohio in the U.S. Results showed that while firearms are the preferred method for both women and men, women were less likely to shoot themselves in the head. A series of logistic regression analyses revealed that gender, age, stressful life events and prior suicide attempts were predictors of methods that disfigure the face/head. Significant differences between men and women in correlates of suicide method emerged when the sample was split by gender. The results support the position that women who commit suicide are more likely than men who commit suicide to avoid facial disfiguration.

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“…Although young female attempters are still more likely to attempt suicide by overdosing on medicine (Gilliland, 1990), firearms have become the most common suicidal method among US elderly, particularly among women of sixty-five to seventy-four years old and men of sixty-five to eighty-four years old (Kaplan et al, 1996(Kaplan et al, , 1997. Researchers also find a high rate of firearm usage among Latino completers (Queralt, 1993b).…”

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Preventing Suicide: A Neglected Social Work Research Agenda

Joe¹,

Niedermeier

2006

British Journal of Social Work

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SummarySocial workers encounter suicidal clients; however, little is known about social work's empirical knowledge base for suicide assessment and treatment. In the first comprehensive study of social work's contribution to the suicide literature, the authors conducted systematic electronic and manual searches for suicide research published in peer-reviewed journals by social work investigators for the period 1980-2006, with the purpose of ascertaining the state of clinical knowledge related to suicide risk factors and effective treatments. These findings reveal that despite recent increases to the study of suicide by social work researchers, they have contributed limited evidenced-based knowledge in the last twenty-six years on the treatment or prevention of suicide or suicide-related behaviours. The article outlines the risk factors for suicide and discusses the implications for clinical social work practice and research.

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Firearm suicide among older women in the U.S.

Cited by 29 publications

References 13 publications

Gender differences in suicide methods

Gender differences in suicide methods

Gender and Suicide Method: Do Women Avoid Facial Disfiguration?

Preventing Suicide: A Neglected Social Work Research Agenda

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