title: Youth cohort size and suicide rates.
abstract: Youth suicide rates by state in 1970 were positively associated with their proportion in the population but not in 1989. Changes in the youth suicide rate over the 20-yr. period were not associated positively with changes in their cohort size.
authors.affiliation: Psychology Program, Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Pomona 08240-0195, USA.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lester
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D011156:Population Density; D013405:Suicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology