Trends of Suicide in the United States During the 20th Century

Shields, Lisa B.E.; Hunsaker, Donna M.; Hunsaker, John C.

doi:10.1007/978-1-59259-910-3_10

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“…By 1942, the highest suicide rates affected individuals aged 75 years or older, a pattern that lasted until the twenty-first century ( 73 ). Between 1945 and 1992, US suicide mortality remained roughly stable between 12 and 14 deaths per 100,000, with notable dips during the early 1950s and 1980s and a subtle increasing trend over the 1960s and 1970s ( 110 ). Rates between 1945 and 1992, however, evolved heterogeneously across age groups: Suicide mortality decreased among individuals aged >54, did not change substantially among individuals aged 35–54, and increased among individuals aged 15–34, with patterns suggesting the presence of both period and cohort effects ( 73 ).…”

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The Recent Rise of Suicide Mortality in the United States

Martínez-Alés

Jiang

Keyes

et al. 2022

Annu. Rev. Public Health

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Suicide is a major public health concern in the United States. Between 2000 and 2018, US suicide rates increased by 35%, contributing to the stagnation and subsequent decrease in US life expectancy. During 2019, suicide declined modestly, mostly owing to slight reductions in suicides among Whites. Suicide rates, however, continued to increase or remained stable among all other racial/ethnic groups, and little is known about recent suicide trends among other vulnerable groups. This article ( a) summarizes US suicide mortality trends over the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, ( b) reviews potential group-level causes of increased suicide risk among subpopulations characterized by markers of vulnerability to suicide, and ( c) advocates for combining recent advances in population-based suicide prevention with a socially conscious perspective that captures the social, economic, and political contexts in which suicide risk unfolds over the life course of vulnerable individuals. Expected final online publication date for the Annual Review of Public Health, Volume 43 is April 2022. Please see http://www.annualreviews.org/page/journal/pubdates for revised estimates.

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Section: Trends In Suicide In the United Statesmentioning

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The Recent Rise of Suicide Mortality in the United States

Martínez-Alés

Jiang

Keyes

et al. 2022

Annu. Rev. Public Health

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“…Older adults, especially older white men, are the largest group of individuals to complete suicide. 9 Westefeld et al 10 noted that suicide rates are rising in adults aged 75 years or older, with those adults older than 85 years having the greatest prevalence of completed suicides at a rate of 65.3/100,000. Unlike adolescents or younger adults, older adults are also more likely to verbalize suicide intent and to use violent means such as guns.…”

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Guns and Older Adults: The Physician's Role

Galluzzi¹,

Warner-Maron²

2018

Journal of Osteopathic Medicine

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“…From then onward, firearms fatalities started to rise for both men and women [3]. Handguns are the most frequently used weapons in suicides, mainly by contact shot to the head (81%), the chest (17%), and the abdomen (2%); the most common location is the right temple region [4,5].…”

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