@article{ref1,
title="The health status of elderly persons in the last year of life: a comparison of deaths by suicide, injury, and natural causes",
journal="American journal of public health",
year="1997",
author="Potter, L. and Camann, M. A. and Demi, A. and Grabbe, L.",
volume="87",
number="3",
pages="434-437",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: This study identified health status variables related to suicide by elderly persons and compared the health status of suicide decedents with natural death and injury decedents. METHODS: Data were obtained from the 1986 National Mortality Followback Survey. RESULTS: When other variables were controlled for, suicide decedents were significantly more likely than injury decedents to have a history of cancer (odds ratio [OR] = 51.94), moderate (OR = 29.37) or heavy (OR = 22.87) alcohol use, and mental or emotional disorder (OR = 10.91) and to be White (OR = 18.54) and male (OR = 9.12). CONCLUSIONS: The findings indicate that a history of cancer should be considered as a risk for suicide in the elderly.",
language="",
issn="0090-0036",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}