Poverty, suicide, and homicide among Native Americans.
Analysis of data for 12 areas of the Indian Health Services available from the US Department of Health and Human Services yielded a correlation (rho) of .65 between poverty and suicide and a significant rho of. 52 with homicide rates. The Navajo area is an exception, raising for study questions about social disintegration.
Young
T J
TJ
Department of Criminal Justice, Washburn University of Topeka, KS 66621.
D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D006708:Homicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007198:Indians, North American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011203:Poverty / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013405:Suicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States