TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2002//
TI  - Suicide among New York City police officers, 1977-1996
JO  - American journal of psychiatry
A1  - Marzuk, Peter M.
A1  - Nock, Matthew K.
A1  - Leon, Andrew C.
A1  - Portera, Laura
A1  - Tardiff, Kenneth
SP  - 2069
EP  - 2071
VL  - 159
IS  - 12
N2  - OBJECTIVE: The authors assessed the suicide rates of New York City police officers during a recent period.  METHOD: The authors reviewed death certificates of active New York City police officers who died from 1977 through 1996 (N=668); age-, gender-, and race-specific suicide rates among New York City police officers and the city's residents were determined.  RESULTS: The police suicide rate was 14.9 per 100,000 person-years, compared with a demographically adjusted suicide rate of New York City residents of 18.3 per 100,000 person-years. Suicide rates among male police officers were comparable to their reference population. Female police officers had a higher risk of suicide than female residents of New York, but the number of suicides of female police officers was small.  CONCLUSIONS: The rate of suicide among New York City police officers is equal to, or even lower than, the suicide rate of the city's resident population.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0002-953X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.159.12.2069
ID  - ref1
ER  -