Epidemiology of Suicide in the United States (IN: Life Span Perspectives of Suicide: Time-Lines in the Suicide Process, ed. by A A Leenaars)

This chapter details statistics on suicide in the United States. The authors state that the U.S. has a moderate suicide rate, with slight increases over the last few decades. Suicide rates are broken down by gender, race, age, marital status, methods, time of year, & state & region. They conclude that the most likely profile of a suicide victim is an elderly white male who commits suicide using a firearm. (VM)