title: Regional correlations between suicide and homicide rates for 1986.
abstract: In reporting the suicide rate and the homicide rate for 1986, the Bureau of the Census divided the United States into nine divisions. This note reports the Pearson correlation between the suicide rate and homicide rate for the states in each division for 1986. Except for the East South Central division, the correlation between the suicide rate and the homicide rate for each division for 1986 was not significant.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Augusta College, GA 30910.
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Saucer
mesh_terms: D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D006708:Homicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D012307:Risk Factors; D013405:Suicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology