by admin | Feb 3, 2020
Focusing on the reported growing use of firearms to complete suicide among African Americans, this article analyzes the 1993 National Mortality Followback Survey to examine the association of firearm suicide with race, education, geographic region, access to a...
by admin | Feb 3, 2020
This study identified the sociodemographic and geographic patterns of using firearms to commit suicide in the United States. Data from the Mortality Detail Files (1989–1993) were analyzed using logistic regression. The adjusted odds of using firearms increased with...
by admin | Feb 3, 2020
Background: Military veterans are particularly vulnerable to suicide compared with their civilian peers. Scant attention has been devoted to the problem of firearm suicide among veterans, particularly women. The purpose of this study was to examine the rate,...
by admin | Feb 3, 2020
Among industrialized countries, the United States has the highest rates of firearm suicide and homicide, as well as the highest rate of gun ownership. The present study compares the differential impact of gun availability on firearm suicides and homicides in the U.S....
by admin | Feb 3, 2020
OBJECTIVE: To examine the risk factors and precipitating circumstances associated with firearm suicide. METHODS: Data from the restricted National Violent Death Reporting System (2003-6) for 25 491 male and female suicide decedents aged 18 and older were analysed by...
