Pregnancy-associated homicide and suicide in 37 US states with enhanced pregnancy surveillance.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pregnant and postpartum women may be at increased risk of violent death including homicide and suicide relative to nonpregnant women, but US national data have not been reported since the implementation of enhanced mortality surveillance.

Objective

The objective of the study was to estimate homicide and suicide ratios among women who are pregnant or postpartum and to compare their risk of violent death with nonpregnant/nonpostpartum women.

Study design

Death certificates (n = 465,097) from US states with enhanced pregnancy mortality surveillance from 2005 through 2010 were used to compare mortality among 4 groups of women aged 10-54 years: pregnant, early postpartum (pregnant within 42 days of death), late postpartum (pregnant within 43 days to 1 year of de

SUBMITTER: Wallace ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5003645 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature