Association of State Social and Environmental Factors With Rates of Self-injury Mortality and Suicide in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Self-injury mortality (SIM) combines suicides and the preponderance of drug misuse-related overdose fatalities. Identifying social and environmental factors associated with SIM and suicide may inform etiologic understanding and intervention design.

Objective

To identify factors associated with interstate SIM and suicide rate variation and to assess potential for differential suicide misclassification.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional study used a partial panel time series with underlying cause-of-death data from 50 US states and the District of Columbia for 1999-2000, 2007-2008, 2013-2014 and 2018-2019. Applying data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, SIM includes all suicides and the preponderance of unintentional an

SUBMITTER: Rockett IRH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8829661 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature