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Citation

Kaplan MS, Adamek ME, Johnson S. Gerontologist 1994; 34(1): 59-65.

Affiliation

School of Social Work, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 61801.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1994, Oxford University Press)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8150309

Abstract

Elderly men are more likely to commit suicide than any other age group in the United States. Moreover, their rate of suicide steadily increased between 1979 and 1988. National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) Compressed Mortality data were used to perform an age-specific analysis of linear trends. Males 65 and over were the most likely to use firearms followed by those 55-64. In 1988, nearly 8 out of 10 suicides by males 65 and over were committed with a firearm. Firearm-related suicide rates were much lower for blacks than whites 65 and over; however, suicides among blacks were more likely to involve firearms than among whites in this age group. The authors call for a broad public policy effort directed at reducing the availability of firearms.

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