Unintentional injury fatalities in the context of rising U.S. suicide rates : A five-year review of the web-based injury statistics query and reporting system

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This archival study focuses specifically on suicide fatalities in relation to unintentional and undetermined injury fatalities in an effort to determine whether or not these rates are rising consistently. This question may serve to inform whether or not suicides are being accurately reported and documented. Data from all 50 states from the years 2012-2016 were obtained from the Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System (WISQARS) developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A total of 213,726 suicide fatalities, 702,176 unintentional injury fatalities, and 24,533 undetermined injury fatalities comprised the dataset. Injury fatality rates depicted annual increases in both suicide and unintentional injury fatalities but variability in undetermined injury fatalities. Bivariate analyses discovered a statistically significant association between annual suicide fatality rates and unintentional (nonsuicidal) injury fatality rates. It would be suspected, ceteris paribus, that calculated rate changes over these years would follow suit. However, this was not observed. Given the trends and increasing stigma surrounding suicide, it is worth considering the degree to which suicides may be underreported or -documented and the epidemiological and translational ramifications of these trends as they pertain to future suicide research.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:289

Enthalten in:

Psychiatry research - 289(2020) vom: 15. Juli, Seite 113066

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lennon, Jack C [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Fatal injury
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Suicide death
Unintentional injury

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Date Completed 10.03.2021

Date Revised 16.09.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.psychres.2020.113066

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM310204763