title: The effect of unemployment duration on national suicide rates:  a time series analysis, 1948-1982.
abstract: The relationship between unemployment and suicide in the United States is examined.  Data for the period 1948 to 1978, primarily from the U.S. Public Health Service, are used to examine the effect of the duration of unemployment on suicide.  "The results of a Cochrane-Orcutt iterative regression analysis indicate that the greater the duration of unemployment the greater the suicide rate.  Using ex post forecasting techniques it is estimated that increases in unemployment during the Reagan administration have been associated with at least 929 additional deaths from suicide."
mesh_terms: D000569:Americas; D002423:Cause of Death; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004651:Employment; D006280:Health Workforce; D009026:Mortality; D009656:North America; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013405:Suicide; D013997:Time Factors; D014478:Unemployment; D014481:United States
keywords: Americas; Causes Of Death; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Developing Countries; Economic Factors; Employment; Employment Status; Human Resources; Labor Force; Macroeconomic Factors; Mortality; North America; Northern America; Population; Population Dynamics; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status; Suicide; Time Factors; Unemployment; United States