Citation

Waigandt A, Phelps L. J. Trauma. Stress 1990; 3(2): 297-304.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1990, International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1007/BF00975152

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to analyze population longevity relative to homicide and suicide deaths in light of competing risks. Mortality data by age and sex derived from Vital Statistics and data from the U.S. Census were utilized to calculate life tables. The causes of death for this study were classified according to the Eighth Revision of the Internal Classification of Disease, Adapted (ICDA) (World Health Organization). The ICSA code for the causes examined in this study are homicides (E960-E987) and suicides (E950-E959). Calculations based upon public health data and cause deletion indicate a loss in population life expectancy due to homicide and suicide deaths of 0.70456 years for males and 0.2606 years for females. When the findings are translated to the life expectancy of the population in terms of time, a total of 1,305,805 person years per decade are irretrievably lost from suicide and homicide deaths. © 1990 Plenum Publishing Corporation.

Language: en

Keywords

suicides; demographics; homicides; life tables; population longevity