TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1990//
TI  - The effects of homicides and suicides on the population longevity of the United States
JO  - Journal of Traumatic Stress
A1  - Waigandt, A.
A1  - Phelps, L.
SP  - 297
EP  - 304
VL  - 3
IS  - 2
N2  - 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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0894-9867
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00975152
ID  - ref1
ER  -