Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ448184
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1992
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Epidemiology of Suicide in the Elderly.
McIntosh, John L.
Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, v22 n1 p15-35 Spr 1992
Presents epidemiological data for levels and trends in suicide among elderly, focusing on U.S. figures. Details age, sex, race, marital status, and methods of suicide as factors in suicide among the old. Discusses past trends and future predictions of changes in elderly suicide rates. Notes data and literatures on parasuicides and survivors of elderly suicide as well. (Author/NB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Epidemiology, Marital Status, Older Adults, Racial Differences, Sex Differences, Suicide, Trend Analysis
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Numerical/Quantitative Data
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Language: English
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