@article{ref1,
title="A comparison of farming- and non-farming-related suicides from the United States' National Violent Deaths Reporting System, 2003-2016",
journal="Suicide and life-threatening behavior",
year="2021",
author="Cerel, Julie and Watts, James and Leske, Stuart and Kheibari, Athena and Kennedy, Alison",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Farmers are at higher risk of suicide than other occupations and the general population. The complex suicide risk factors have not been examined in a large,  population-wide study across a significant time period. This observational study  draws on existing data from the United States' National Violent Death Reporting  System (NVDRS), including 140,523 farming- or non-farming-related suicide decedents  between 2003 and 2016 from across 40 states. &quot;Farming-related&quot; decedents included  2,801 suicides. Farmers had higher odds of being male, older, less well-educated,  and American Indian/Alaska Native. Farmers had higher odds of using firearms  and-when farmers used a gun-higher odds of using a long-arm weapon. Farmers had  lower odds of having a known mental health condition or job problem, and lower odds  of having made a previous suicide attempt or leaving a suicide note. <br><br>FINDINGS  highlight the complexity of suicide risk within the context of farming in the United  States and reinforce the need for tailored prevention efforts; employing means  restriction of firearms; and emphasizing that traditional risk factors may not be as  common in the farming population.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0363-0234",
doi="10.1111/sltb.12725",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/sltb.12725"
}