Geographic Variation, Economic Activity, and Labor Market Characteristics in Trajectories of Suicide in the United States, 2008-2020

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Suicide rates in the United States have increased over the past 15 years, with substantial geographic variation in these increases; yet there have been few attempts to cluster counties by the magnitude of suicide rate changes according to intercept and slope or to identify the economic precursors of increases. We used vital statistics data and growth mixture models to identify clusters of counties by their magnitude of suicide growth from 2008 to 2020 and examined associations with county economic and labor indices. Our models identified 5 clusters, each differentiated by intercept and slope magnitude, with the highest-rate cluster (4% of counties) being observed mainly in sparsely populated areas in the West and Alaska, starting the time series at 25.4 suicides per 100,000 population, and exhibiting the steepest increase in slope (0.69/100,000/year). There was no cluster for which the suicide rate was stable or declining. Counties in the highest-rate cluster were more likely to have agricultural and service economies and less likely to have urban professional economies. Given the increased burden of suicide, with no clusters of counties improving over time, additional policy and prevention efforts are needed, particularly targeted at rural areas in the West.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:193

Enthalten in:

American journal of epidemiology - 193(2024), 2 vom: 05. Feb., Seite 256-266

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Keyes, Katherine M [VerfasserIn]
Kandula, Sasikiran [VerfasserIn]
Martinez-Ales, Gonzalo [VerfasserIn]
Gimbrone, Catherine [VerfasserIn]
Joseph, Victoria [VerfasserIn]
Monnat, Shannon [VerfasserIn]
Rutherford, Caroline [VerfasserIn]
Olfson, Mark [VerfasserIn]
Gould, Madelyn [VerfasserIn]
Shaman, Jeffrey [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Economic factors
Epidemiologic methods
Growth mixture modeling
Journal Article
Suicide

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Date Completed 06.02.2024

Date Revised 30.03.2024

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/aje/kwad205

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM363387110