TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1997//
TI  - The health status of elderly persons in the last year of life: a comparison of deaths by suicide, injury, and natural causes
JO  - American journal of public health
A1  - Potter, L.
A1  - Camann, M. A.
A1  - Demi, A.
A1  - Grabbe, L.
SP  - 434
EP  - 437
VL  - 87
IS  - 3
N2  - 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.
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SN  - 0090-0036
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -