Citation

Smith JC, Mercy JA, Conn JM. Am. J. Public Health 1988; 78(1): 78-80.

Affiliation

Division of Injury Epidemiology and Control, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA 30333.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1988, American Public Health Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

3337311

PMCID

PMC1349216

Abstract

No recent United States study has previously calculated national suicide rates by marital status for specific age, race, and sex categories in order to better identify high-risk groups for suicide. We used national vital statistics and census data to calculate marital-status-specific rates. Results show that for each marital status group, by age and sex, married persons have the lowest suicide rates and young widowed males have exceptionally high rates.