TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - A comparison of farming- and non-farming-related suicides from the United States' National Violent Deaths Reporting System, 2003-2016
JO  - Suicide and life-threatening behavior
A1  - Cerel, Julie
A1  - Watts, James
A1  - Leske, Stuart
A1  - Kheibari, Athena
A1  - Kennedy, Alison
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - 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. "Farming-related" 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0363-0234
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/sltb.12725
ID  - ref1
ER  -