Rising suicide among adults aged 40-64 years: the role of job and financial circumstances

American Journal of Preventive Medicine
K Hempstead, Julie A Phillips

Abstract

Suicide rates among middle-aged men and women in the U.S. have been increasing since 1999, with a sharp escalation since 2007. To examine whether suicides with circumstances related to economic crises increased disproportionately among the middle-aged between 2005 and 2010. This study used the National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) in 2014 to explore trends and patterns in circumstance and method among adults aged 40-64 years. Suicide circumstances varied considerably by age, with those related to job, financial, and legal problems most common among individuals aged 40-64 years. Between 2005 and 2010, the proportion of suicides where these circumstances were present increased among this age group, from 32.9% to 37.5% of completed suicides (p<0.05). Further, suffocation is a method more likely to be used in suicides related to job, economic, or legal factors, and its use increased disproportionately among the middle-aged. The number of suicides using suffocation increased 59.5% among those aged 40-64 years between 2005 and 2010, compared with 18.0% for those aged 15-39 years and 27.2% for those aged >65 years (p<0.05). The growth in the importance of external circumstances and increased use of suffocation jointly pose a...Continue Reading

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