Firearm use risk factors and access restriction among suicide decedents age 75 and older who disclosed their suicidal intent.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

A majority of older adult suicide decedents used firearms. In this study, we focused on suicide decedents age 75+ who disclosed their suicidal intent within a month of their injury/death to examine demographic and clinical characteristics associated with firearm use and firearm access restriction attempts by their family members.

Methods

The 2017-2019 U.S. National Violent Death Reporting System provided data (N = 1,734 suicidal intent disclosers; 1,476 males and 258 females; 21.4% of decedents age 75+). Generalized linear model (GLM) for a Poisson distribution with a log link was used to examine firearm use risk factors. Firearm access restriction attempts by decedents' family members were examined based on coroner/medical examiner and law enforce

SUBMITTER: Choi NG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10654963 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature