Time-series analysis of suicidal and undetermined deaths.
The suicide rate and the death rate for undetermined causes were negatively associated over time from 1968 to 1990 in the USA, suggesting that these undetermined deaths may include a fair proportion of suicides. In contrast, there was no association between suicide and undetermined death rates over the states in 1980.
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Psychology Program, Richard Stockton College of New Jersey 08240-0195, USA.
D002423:Cause of Death; D006801:Humans; D009026:Mortality; D010507:Periodicity; D013405:Suicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013997:Time Factors; D014481:United States; D014857:Warfare