Citation

Marzuk PM, Nock MK, Leon AC, Portera L, Tardiff K. Am. J. Psychiatry 2002; 159(12): 2069-2071.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2002, American Psychiatric Association)

DOI

10.1176/appi.ajp.159.12.2069

PMID

12450958

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: The authors assessed the suicide rates of New York City police officers during a recent period.
METHOD: The authors reviewed death certificates of active New York City police officers who died from 1977 through 1996 (N=668); age-, gender-, and race-specific suicide rates among New York City police officers and the city's residents were determined.
RESULTS: The police suicide rate was 14.9 per 100,000 person-years, compared with a demographically adjusted suicide rate of New York City residents of 18.3 per 100,000 person-years. Suicide rates among male police officers were comparable to their reference population. Female police officers had a higher risk of suicide than female residents of New York, but the number of suicides of female police officers was small.
CONCLUSIONS: The rate of suicide among New York City police officers is equal to, or even lower than, the suicide rate of the city's resident population.

Language: en

Keywords

Adult; Female; Humans; Male; New York City; Police; Suicide; United States