Age-Related Racial Disparity in Suicide Rates Among US Youths From 2001 Through 2015

Jeffrey A Bridge; Lisa M Horowitz; Cynthia A Fontanella; Arielle H Sheftall; Joel Greenhouse; Kelly J Kelleher; John V Campo

doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2018.0399

Age-Related Racial Disparity in Suicide Rates Among US Youths From 2001 Through 2015

JAMA Pediatr. 2018 Jul 1;172(7):697-699. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2018.0399.

Authors

Jeffrey A Bridge^{1

2

3}, Lisa M Horowitz⁴, Cynthia A Fontanella², Arielle H Sheftall³, Joel Greenhouse⁵, Kelly J Kelleher^{1

6}, John V Campo²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University, Columbus.
² Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, The Ohio State University, Columbus.
³ Center for Suicide Prevention and Research, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio.
⁴ Intramural Research Program, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
⁵ Department of Statistics, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
⁶ Center for Innovation in Pediatric Practice, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio.

Abstract

This study compares age-specific rates of suicide between black and white youths using data from the Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System (WISQARS) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Age Distribution
Black or African American / psychology*
Black or African American / statistics & numerical data
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Health Status Disparities*
Humans
Male
Sex Distribution
Suicide / ethnology*
Suicide / trends
United States / epidemiology
White People / psychology
White People / statistics & numerical data

Grants and funding

R01 MH093552/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States