Epidemiology of Suicidal Behavior

Outline (Some possible sources listed at bottom of paper):

1. United States Epidemiology

2. Epidemiology in US military with a focus in U.S Army

According to the American Association of Suicidology and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), suicide is the 10^th leading cause of death in the United States and the 15^th leading cause of death globally (Drapeau & McIntosh, 2016; WHO, 2017). As of 2014, the suicide rate in the US was 13.0 per 100,000 (Curtin, Warner, & Hedegaard. 2016). 2015 data from the CDC list the US national rate of suicide at 13.8 per 100,000 (Drapeau & McIntosh, 2016). Men have the highest rate of suicide at 21.5 per 100,000 as compared to women with a rate of 6.3 per 100,000. The age group with the highest suicide rate is that of 45-54 year olds at 20.3 per 100,000 (see Figure 1).

Figure 1. United States suicide rates by age group for years 2005 – 2015. Adapted from “U.S.A Suicide: 2015 Official Final Data” by Drapeau, C. W., & McIntosh, J. L. (for the American Association of Suicidology). (2016). U.S.A. suicide 2015: Official final data. Washington, DC: American Association of Suicidology, dated December 23, 2016, downloaded from http://www.suicidology.org

Gender Differences in Suicidal Behavior

Outline:

1. Suicidal Ideation in Men versus Women

2. Suicidal Attempts in Men versus Women

3. Suicide in Men versus Women

POSSIBLE SOURCES:

http://www.suicidology.org/Portals/14/docs/Resources/FactSheets/2015/2015datapgsv1.pdf?ver=2017-01-02-220151-870

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2885157/

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sally_Curtin/publication/301564377_Increase_in_Suicide_in_the_United_States_1999-2014/links/571a31dc08ae408367bc84d6.pdf

https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/pdf/suicide-datasheet-a.pdf

https://phc.amedd.army.mil/PHC%20Resource%20Library/2015SurveillanceofSuicidalBehavior.pdf