County-level estimates of suicide mortality in the USA: a modelling study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Suicide is one of the leading causes of death in the USA and population risk prediction models can inform decisions on the type, location, and timing of public health interventions. We aimed to develop a prediction model to estimate county-level suicide risk in the USA using population characteristics.

Methods

We obtained data on all deaths by suicide reported to the National Vital Statistics System between Jan 1, 2005, and Dec 31, 2019, and age, sex, race, and county of residence of the decedents were extracted to calculate baseline risk. We also obtained county-level annual measures of socioeconomic predictors of suicide risk (unemployment, weekly wage, poverty prevalence, median household income, and population density) and state-level prevalence of major depre

SUBMITTER: Kandula S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9990589 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature