title: Marital status and the risk of suicide.
abstract: No recent United States study has previously calculated national suicide rates by marital status for specific age, race, and sex categories in order to better identify high-risk groups for suicide. We used national vital statistics and census data to calculate marital-status-specific rates. Results show that for each marital status group, by age and sex, married persons have the lowest suicide rates and young widowed males have exceptionally high rates.
authors.affiliation: Division of Injury Epidemiology and Control, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA 30333.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Mercy
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Conn
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D012847:Single Person / Q000523:psychology; D012944:Social Support; D013405:Suicide / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014481:United States