Racial Disparities in Spatial and Temporal Youth Suicide Clusters.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Deaths by suicide correlate both spatially and temporally, leading to suicide clusters. This study aimed to estimate racial patterns in suicide clusters since 2000.

Method

Data from the US National Vital Statistics System included all International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10)-coded suicide cases from 2000-2019 among American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN), Asian/Pacific Islander (A/PI), Black, or White youth and young adults, aged 5-34 years. We estimated age, period, and cohort (APC) trends and identified spatiotemporal clusters using the SaTScan space-time statistic, which identified lower- and higher-than-expected suicide rates (cold and hot clusters) in a prespecified area (150 km) and time interval (15 months). We also calculated the aver

SUBMITTER: Platt JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9271532 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature