Citation

Hart-Hester S. J. Miss. State Med. Assoc. 2003; 44(6): 167-172.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2003, Mississippi State Medical Association)

DOI

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PMID

14524133

Abstract

Every 18 minutes a life is lost to suicide. Approximately every hour and a half, an elderly adult age 65 and over takes his/her life by suicide. Despite a decline in the rate of suicides over the past several years, suicides by elderly white males remains high. This paper provides a descriptive epidemiology of elderly suicides in a southern rural population and discusses implications for preventive health services that must be implemented to decrease the number of successful elderly suicides.

Language: en

Keywords

Aged; Female; Humans; Male; Mississippi; Rural Population; Suicide; Suicide Prevention