Sociodemographic Factors Associated With High Risk for Firearm Suicide Among US Adults

JAMA Intern Med. 2020 Jul 1;180(7):1014-1019. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.1334.

Authors

Mark Olfson¹, Candace M Cosgrove², Melanie M Wall¹, Carlos Blanco³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychiatry, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University, New York.
² Mortality Research Group, US Census Bureau, Bethesda, Maryland.
³ Division of Epidemiology, Services, and Prevention Research, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Rockville, Maryland.

Abstract

This cohort study assesses the association of firearm suicide risk with sociodemographic characteristics among US adults.

Publication types

Multicenter Study
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Female
Firearms*
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Incidence
Male
Middle Aged
Retrospective Studies
Risk Assessment / methods*
Risk Factors
Suicide / statistics & numerical data*
Survival Rate / trends
United States / epidemiology
Wounds, Gunshot / epidemiology*
Young Adult