Citation

Azrael DR, Hemenway DA, Miller M, Barber CW, Schackner R. Suicide Life Threat. Behav. 2004; 34(1): 36-43.

Affiliation

Harvard Injury Control Research Center, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA. azrael@hsph.harvard.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 2004, American Association of Suicidology, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

15106886

Abstract

Data on 153 youth suicides in Arizona (1994-1999) were used to explore demographic, behavioral, and experiential factors that distinguish between firearm suicide and suicide by other means. In bivariate analyses, White youths were more likely than non-White youths to use a firearm to commit suicide as were youths who had not experienced a life crisis or expressed suicidal thoughts in the past, relationships that hold in multivariate analyses at the p < 0.2 level. Targeted suicide prevention activities should supplement interventions focused on restricting access to highly lethal means of suicide such as firearms.