@article{ref1,
title="A comparison of suicide characteristics and precipitating circumstances by age group among Maryland residents: data from the Maryland Violent Death Reporting System, 2003-2009",
journal="Suicidology online",
year="2012",
author="Haile, Elizabeth and Nooraddini, Ismail and Akinyemi, Adebola and Manion, Thomas",
volume="3",
number="",
pages="131-137",
abstract="This paper analyzes the characteristics and precipitating circumstances of Maryland resident suicide deaths between 2003 and 2009. All variables are compared across four age groups: 19 and younger, 20-34, 35- 64, and 65 and older. Multiple significant differences were observed between the age groups, including cause of death and post-mortem toxicology. Most notable, however, were the differences in precipitating circumstances. Suicides in the youngest age group were most likely to be attributed to a school problem or a non-intimate partner interpersonal problem. Conversely, suicides in the 20-34 and 35-64 age groups were primarily due to occupational or financial issues. Finally, physical health issues and the recent death of a friend or family member seemed to contribute most to elder suicides. These age discrepancies illustrate the need to target suicide prevention to different ages, rather than assessing suicide victims as a singular homogenous group. More focused research and targeted prevention measures would make more efficient use of the limited resources available in this field.  Keywords: Suicide, Violent Death Reporting System, Maryland, Epidemiology  Copyrights belong to the Author(s). Suicidology Online (SOL) is a peer-reviewed open-access journal publishing under the Creative Commons License 3.0.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2078-5488",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}