RT Book, Section
A1 Holland, Kristin M.
A1 Crosby, Alex E.
A2 Boulton, Matthew L.
A2 Wallace, Robert B.
SR Print(0)
ID 1182670074
T1 The Epidemiology and Prevention of Self-directed Violence
T2 Maxcy-Rosenau-Last Public Health & Preventive Medicine, 16e
YR 2022
FD 2022
PB McGraw Hill
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259644511
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1182670074
RD 2024/04/19
AB Suicide  is  a  significant  public  health  problem  affecting  countries  worldwide.  Globally,  approximately  800,000  suicides  occur  every  year,  making  it  the  17th  leading  cause  of  death  in  the  world.  In  2016,  the  international  annual  age-adjusted  suicide  rate  was  11.2  per  100,000  population.1  In  the  United  States,  suicide  resulted  in  over  48,000  deaths  in  2018,  and  it  has  been  one  of  the  top  ten  leading  causes  of  death  for  the  country  since  2008.2  While  suicide  rates  have  been  declining  globally,  rates  in  the  United  States  have  been  rising  since  the  late  1990s  (Fig.  175-1).3–5  In  fact,  the  overall  decrease  in  Americans’  average  life  expectancy  in  2015–17  has  been  attributed  in  part  to  increasing  suicide  rates,  which  rose  by  33%  from  1999  to  2017,2,6,7  underlining  the  public  health  significance  of  the  growing  problem.