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America's children: Key national indicators of well-being, 2007
URL: http://www.childstats.gov/pdf/ac2007/ac_07.pdf
This report includes data on topics such as family and social environment, economic circumstances, health care, physical environment and safety, behavior, education, and health. Suicide data can be found on page 37, 39, and 142.
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Big cities health inventory: The health of urban America, 2007
URL: http://www.naccho.org/topics/crosscutting/documents/BCHI07COLORFINAL.pdf
The fifth edition of the Big Cities Health Inventory (BCHI) report, a compendium of health status indicators produced in a comparative format for the 54 largest metropolitan areas in the United States. Considers 54 major American cities. Presents the indicators for the cities overall, according to gender and race/ethnicity. Indicators include suicides.
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Elderly suicide fact sheet
URL: http://www.suicidology.org/web/guest/stats-and-tools/fact-sheets
In 2004, suicide rates ranged from 12.3 per 100,000 among persons aged 65 to 74, to 16.3 per 100,000 persons aged 75 to 84, to 16.4 per 100,000 persons aged 85 and older. This fact sheet presents statistics on elderly suicides regarding gender, race, methods, the role of depression and substance abuse, and common risk factors. Click on Suicide and the Elderly [PDF] link.
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Emergency medical system responses to suicide-related calls --- Maine, November 1999--October 2000
URL: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5103a3.htm
Published as: MMWR 51(03);56-59. This report describes EMS suicide-related responses during November 1999 through October 2000 and indicates that EMS data would be a useful component of an integrated statewide suicidal behavior surveillance system. A chart of rates of suicide deaths and EMS response to noninstitutionalized residents by sex and age group is included.
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Homicide and suicide rates - National Violent Death Reporting System, six states, 2003
URL: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5415a1.htm
Published as the MMWR Weekly Report, Volume 54, Number 15. In 2003, CDC instituted a new surveillance system, the National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS); the system collects detailed information regarding violent deaths from multiple sources. This report describes preliminary 2003 data from the first six states that participated in NVDRS and compares these data with 1993--2002 data from the National Vital Statistics System (NVSS). The findings indicate a substantial increase in homicide rates among young males from 2002 to 2003 and substantial increases in both homicide and suicide rates among males from 2000 to 2003. These findings underscore the need for states to have timely information for effective violence-prevention programs. (Summary from the original document)
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Hotline evaluation and linkage project: Category II
URL: http://www.samhsa.gov/Grants/2007/SummaryGould_Kalafat.pdf
The goals of this project were to: evaluate the immediate outcomes of calls to Telephone Crisis Services (TCS) by callers who are either suicidal or were experiencing other nonsuicidal crises; evaluate the intermediate outcomes for suicidal and nonsuicidal crisis calls; and evaluate the community context of TCS.
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Injury mortality among American Indian and Alaska Native children and youth – United States, 1989—1998.
URL: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5230a2.htm
Published as: Morbidity and mortality weekly report / Centers for Disease Control. August 1, 2003/ 52(30);697-701. Injuries account for 75% of all deaths among American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) children and youth (1), and AI/ANs have an overall injury-related death rate that is twice the U.S. rate for all racial/ethnic populations (2). However, rate disparities vary by area and by cause. To help focus prevention efforts, CDC analyzed injury mortality data by Indian Health Service (IHS) administrative area and by race/ethnicity. This report summarizes the results of these analyses.
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Juvenile suicides, 1981–1998
URL: http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles1/ojjdp/196978.pdf
8 pages. Published as: OJJDP Youth Violence Research Series, Bulletin, March 2004. Examines mortality statistics compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, comparing the characteristics of juvenile suicides with those of juvenile murders. This OJJDP Bulletin, part of the Youth Violence Research Series, reveals that suicide was the fourth leading cause of death for juveniles ages 7–17, behind accidental deaths, homicides, and cancer. More than 20,000 juveniles committed suicide between 1981 and 1998, almost as many as were victims of homicide during the same period.
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The NSDUH report: Depression among adults employed full-time by occupational category
URL: http://oas.samhsa.gov/2k7/depression/occupation.cfm
Report on depression in workers ages 18-64 is based on SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH).
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The NSDUH Report: Adults with Co-Occurring Serious Mental Illness and a Substance Use Disorder
URL: http://www.oas.samhsa.gov/2k4/coOccurring/coOccurring.cfm
A report based on the National Survey of Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) from 2002. The report includes statistics on treatment of co-occurring disorders and perceptions of unment needs for treatment.
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Prevalence of self-reported postpartum depressive symptoms - 17 states, 2004--2005
URL: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5714a1.htm?s_cid=mm5714a1_e
MMWR. April 11, 2008; 57(14):361-366. This report summarizes the results of CDC analysis of data from the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS)for 2004--2005. The report indicates that: prevalence of self-reported postpartum depressive symptoms (PDS) in 17 U.S. states ranged from 11.7% (Maine) to 20.4% (New Mexico); younger women, those with lower educational attainment, and women who received Medicaid benefits for their delivery were more likely to report PDS.
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Ranking America's mental health: An analysis of depression across the states
URL: http://www.mentalhealthamerica.net/go/state-ranking
This report compares depression levels and suicide rates in all 50 states and the District of Columbia and uses the information to highlight solutions to improve states' mental health status.
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School-associated suicides - United States, 1994--1999
URL: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5322a4.htm
MMWR, June 11, 2004; 53(22):476-78. To describe the psychosocial and behavioral characteristics of school-associated suicide victims, CDC analyzed data from school and police officials. The results indicated that, among the 126 students who carried out school-associated homicides or suicides, 28 (22%) died by suicide, including eight who intentionally injured others immediately before killing themselves. Potential indicators of suicide risk such as expressions of suicidal thoughts, recent social stressors, and substance use were common among the victims. These findings underscore the need for school staff to recognize risk factors for suicide.
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Self-Inflicted injury/Suicide FastStats
URL: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/suicide.htm
The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) presents a fact sheet on suicide in the United States. Downloadable PDF files are available for Suicide statistics by age groups, race, sex, and state. Also available are statistics for suicide ideation and attempts.
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State data fact sheets
URL: http://www.sprc.org/stateinformation/datasheets.asp
Fact sheets for each state that can contain statistics for deaths by suicide, estimated hospitalized attempts, and data on medical costs, work loss costs, gender, race/ethnicity, age and method of suicide.
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State injury indicators report, Third Edition–2004 data
URL: http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/profiles/core_state/State_Injury_Indicators_Report.pdf
This report compiles injury information from 34 states and consolidates data from hospital records, death certificates, and several national surveillance systems. The report provides the rates of various intentional and unintentional injuries—such as traumatic brain injuries, fire and burn injuries, and suicides—and related factors.
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Suicidal thoughts and behaviors among adults
URL: http://oas.samhsa.gov/2k9/165/SuicideHTML.pdf
This issue of The NSDUH Report examines suicidal thoughts and behaviors among adults aged 18 or older; data are presented by age group, gender, and past year substance use disorder. All findings in the report are based on data from the SAMHSA 2008 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH)
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Suicidal thoughts, suicide attempts, major depressive episode, and substance use among adults
URL: http://www.oas.samhsa.gov/2k6/suicide/suicide.htm
From The OAS Report, Issue 34. This report based on the 2005 National Survey on Drug Use & Health (NSDUH) and Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) reveals that depressed individuals who abuse alcohol or drugs are at greater risk for suicide attempts.
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Suicidality and help-seeking behaviors in American Indian youth
URL: http://www.rtc.pdx.edu/PDF/dt143.pdf
Data Trend #143 May 2007. This fact sheet summarizes research on suicidality and help-seeking behavior in American Indian youth and discusses the importance of culture in determining both outcomes.
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Suicide among American Indians/Alaska Natives
URL: http://www.sprc.org/library/ai.an.facts.pdf
This fact sheet contains data on suicide among the American Indian/Alaska Natives population. The document includes mental health considerations, cultural and ethnic considerations, and strengths and protective factors.
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Suicide among Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders
URL: http://www.sprc.org/library/asian.pi.facts.pdf
This fact sheet contains data on suicide among the Asian American population. The document includes mental health considerations, cultural and ethnic considerations, and strengths and protective factors.
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Suicide among Black Americans
URL: http://www.sprc.org/library/black.am.facts.pdf
This fact sheet contains data on suicide among the Black American population. The document includes mental health considerations, cultural and ethnic considerations, and strengths and protective factors.
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Suicide among Hispanic Americans
URL: http://www.sprc.org/library/hispanic.am.facts.pdf
This fact sheet contains data on suicide among the Hispanic American population. The document includes mental health considerations, cultural and ethnic considerations, and strengths and protective factors.
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Suicide trends among youths and young adults aged 10-24 years- United States, 1990-2004
URL: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5635a2.htm?s_cid=mm5635a2_e
Published as: Morbidity and mortality weekly report-September 7, 2007:56(35);905-908. Discusses trends in data for youth suicide in the U.S. from 1990-2004.
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Suicide: Adolescents and young adults
URL: http://nahic.ucsf.edu/downloads/Suicide.pdf
A fact sheet about suicide among adolescents and young adults.
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Trends in rates and methods of suicide: United States, 1985-2004
URL: http://www.sprc.org/library/SuicideTrends2.pdf
In partnership with SPRC, Harvard Injury Control Research Center analyzed trends in rates and methods of suicide over a twenty-year period. Data is presented in graph form and is categorized by means, age group, sex, and race/ethnicity for 1985 – 2004. A black and white copy is also available for optimal printing at http://www.sprc.org/library/SuicideTrends2BW.pdf
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U.S. suicide fact sheet
URL: http://www.sprc.org/stateinformation/PDF/statedatasheets/sprc_national_data.pdf
A fact sheet of national data on suicide and self-inflicted injury, including data by age, race/ethnicity, gender, method and cost.
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Young adult suicide & student status: Findings from a pilot for the National Violent Death Reporting System
URL: http://www.sprc.org/library/YouthSuicideStudentStatus.pdf
This fact sheet contains analyzed data from NVISS, a precursor to the CDC's National Violent Death Reporting System, that determines how many of the 18-24 year-old suicide decedents were and were not students at a college or other post secondary education program. The fact sheet also compares characteristics of non-student and student suicides to identify opportunities for prevention in both groups.
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Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance: United States, 2007
URL: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/ss5704a1.htm?s_cid=ss5704a1_e
Published as: Morbidity and mortality weekly report / Centers for Disease Control. June 6, 2008 / 57(SS04);1-131 Summary of the results of the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS), which includes data on suicidal ideation and behavior among youth. The summary includes results from the national survey, 39 state surveys, and 22 local surveys conducted among students in grades 9-12 during 2007.
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Youth suicide and attempted suicide
URL: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/wk/mm5322.pdf
Published as: Morbidity and mortality weekly report / Centers for Disease Control. June 11, 2004 / 53(22);471. This issue features articles on youth suicide and attempted suicide. The analysis of 10 years (1992-2001) of data on the 10-19 year old age group and suicide method has been summarized in this report. This issue also contains data on suicide attempts and physical fighting among high school students; school-associated suicides; suicide among Hispanics; and suicide and attempted suicide in China. The suicide trends characterized in this bulletin can help in planning successful prevention programs.
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Youth suicide fact sheet
URL: http://www.suicidology.org/web/guest/stats-and-tools/fact-sheets
This fact sheet presents statistics and major research findings on suicide among: adolescents and young adults(ages 15-19 and 15-24); children (ages 10-14); and college students. Click on Youth and Suicide [PDF] link.
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Youth suicide: Findings from a pilot for the National Violent Death Reporting System
URL: http://www.sprc.org/library/YouthSuicideFactSheet.pdf
This fact sheet contains analyzed data from NVISS, a precursor to the CDC's National Violent Death Reporting System that offers information about issues surrounding youth (under age 18) at the time of death and methods used.
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