State IQ and elderly suicide rates in the United States.
Paralleling previous findings with state suicide rates of the total population, the associations of state suicide rates of elderly persons with regional IQ estimates across the USA were inconsistent (positive, negative, or nil), depending on the source of available state IQ estimates used in the analysis. The implications of these findings and directions for further inquiry are discussed.
Department of Basic Psychological Research, School of Psychology, University of Vienna, Liebiggasse 5, Rm 03-46, A-1010 Vienna, Austria. martin.voracek@univie.ac.at
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D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002423:Cause of Death; D006801:Humans; D007361:Intelligence Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015995:Prevalence; D011594:Psychometrics; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology