Correlates of rates of suicide and homicide committed by different methods.
The social correlates of suicide rates by each method over time in the USA from 1950 to 1985 were very different, suggesting that suicides by different methods may not be sociologically identical behaviors. Homicide rates by each method, however, showed a more consistent pattern of social correlates.
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Psychology Program, The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Pomona 08240-0195, USA.
D002423:Cause of Death; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D006708:Homicide / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D013405:Suicide / Q000639:trends*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology