Suicide Rates of Men and Women: An Instance of their Independence

1 July 1976

journal article
research article
Published by SAGE Publications in OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying

Vol. 7 (2) , 95-101
https://doi.org/10.2190/3lca-hcu5-lqmk-utft

Abstract

In sixty-eight U.S. Census Tracts the suicide rates for men and women are predicted by different sets of demographic variables. For men the predictive efficiency is higher with fewer variables than for women. Also, male and female suicide rates are located at widely separated points in factor-space.

Keywords

MALE
SUICIDE RATES
INSTANCE
SIXTY
FEWER
MEN AND WOMEN
RATES FOR MEN

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Social disorganization and completed suicide
Social psychiatry. Sozialpsychiatrie. Psychiatrie sociale, 1970