+ The cost of firearm deaths in the United States: Reduced life expectancies and increased insurance costs
- Author:
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Lemaire, J.
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- Journal of Risk and Insurance
- Topics:
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Accidents/Unintentional, Ethnicity, Gender, Homicide, Suicide, U.S./National
- Keywords:
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Cost, Life insurance, Life lost, UNITED States, Violence
Data from the National Center for Health Statistics, the Centers for Disease Control and prevention, and the U.S. Census Bureau were used to calculate the “cost” of firearms deaths in the U.S. in terms...
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+ Guns in the home: risky business
- Author:
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Wiebe, D. J.
- Date:
- 2003
- Publication:
- LDI Issue Brief
- Topics:
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Accidents/Unintentional, Gender, Homicide, Suicide
- Keywords:
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household firearm, risk factor, woman
This brief summarizes two of the author’s previously published case-control studies that combine data from the National Mortality Followback Survey and the National Health Interview Survey. Women with...
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+ A statewide case-control study of spousal homicide-suicide in older persons
- Author:
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Malphurs, J. E. / Cohen, D.
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Age Group, Gender, Homicide, State, Suicide
- Keywords:
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Depression, Florida, Gender, Homicde-Suicide, Suicide
A total of 20 spousal homicide-suicides, cases in which a spouse killed his partner then himself, among individuals 55 years old or older were identified in Florida between January 1, 1998 and December...
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+ The burden of suicide and homicide of Wisconsin's children and youth
- Author:
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Shiffler, T. / Hargarten, S. W. / Withers, R. L.
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- WMJ
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Age Group, Gender, Homicide, State, Suicide
- Keywords:
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Adolescent, Child, HOMICIDE, Suicide, Wisconsin
Using data from death certificates, coroners or medical examiners, Uniform Crime Reports, law enforcement records, and crime laboratories, the authors describe youth (people less than 25 years) suicides...
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+ Child and adolescent suicides in Virginia: 1987 to 2003
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Vieweg, W. V. / Linker, J. A. / Anum, E. A. / Turf, E. / Pandurangi, A. K. / Sood, B. / Fierro, M. F. / Fernandez, A.
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Age Group, Ethnicity, Gender, State, Suicide
- Keywords:
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Adolescent, Child, Ethnic groups, Suicide, Virginia
The article describes a retrospective study of youth suicides (ages 10-17 years) in Virginia from 1987-2003. The authors analyzed medical examiner data. Suicides accounted for 17% of the “unnatural” deaths...
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+ Gun-control legislation and the impact on suicide
- Author:
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Leenaars, A. A.
- Date:
- 2007
- Publication:
- Crisis-the Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention
- Topics:
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Age Group, Gender, International, Legislation and Policy, Prevention, Suicide
- Keywords:
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GUN control
The author examines the efficacy of gun control laws in reducing suicide via restricting access to lethal means in a suicidal individual’s environment. Controlling for various socioeconomic factors, gun...
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+ Female suicides in Diyarbakir, Turkey
- Author:
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Goren S / Subasi M / Tirasci Y / Ozen S
- Date:
- 2004
- Publication:
- Journal of Forensic Sciences
- Topics:
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Age Group, Gender, International, Suicide
- Keywords:
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Firearms, Hanging, Method, Turkey
The authors investigate the methods used of women suicides in Diyarbakir province, Turkey, between 1996 and 2001, using post mortem investigation and autopsy records. They found that 58% of suicides were...
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+ Comparative study about methods of suicide between Japan and the United States
- Author:
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Ojima T / Nakamura Y / Detels R
- Date:
- 2004
- Publication:
- Journal of Epidemiology
- Topics:
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Age Group, Ethnicity, Gender, International, Suicide
- Keywords:
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Firearms, Hanging, Japan, Method, UNITED States
The authors examined how methods of suicide differ in Japan and the United States, among races within the US, and between genders and age-groups, using vital statistics mortality data from 1999 for both...
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+ Risk factors for male and female suicide decedents ages 15-64 in the United States - Results from the 1993 National Mortality Followback Survey
- Author:
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Kung, H. C. / Pearson, J. L. / Liu, X. H.
- Date:
- 2003
- Publication:
- Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
- Topics:
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Age Group, Gender, Suicide, U.S./National
- Keywords:
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case-control, depressive symptom, firearm, risk factor
The authors examined the associations of certain risk factors with suicide among males and females aged 15–64, and the variation in the associations by gender in this case-control study was constructed...
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+ The impact of gun control (Bill C-51) on suicide in Canada
- Author:
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Leenaars, A. A. / Moksony, F. / Lester, D. / Wenckstern, S.
- Date:
- 2003
- Publication:
- Death Studies
- Topics:
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Age Group, Gender, International, Legislation and Policy, Suicide
- Keywords:
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Canada, GUN control, Review, Suicide
The authors reviewed previously published studies on the effect of Canada’s Criminal Law Amendment Act of 1977 (Bill C-51) on suicide rates by age and gender. They also present the findings of two new...
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+ Suicide among North Carolina women, 1989-93: information from two data sources
- Author:
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Runyan, C. W. / Moracco, K. E. / Dulli, L. / Butts, J.
- Date:
- 2003
- Publication:
- Inj Prev
- Topics:
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Age Group, Ethnicity, Gender, Suicide, Surveillance/Data Collection
- Keywords:
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Suicide, medical examiner, racial minority, suicide precursor
The authors examined characteristics and precursors of suicides among women aged 15 and older in North Carolina from 1989 to 1993, using medical examiner’s reports. They identified 882 suicides, suggesting...
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