Year: 1990 Source: British Medical Journal, v.300, no.6725, (March 10, 1990), p.643 SIEC No: 19900873

A recent paper reported increasing rates of depression & a sharp rise in suicides among Americans aged 15-34 since 1960. The authors explored the demography of suicide locally by testing the hypothesis that the suicide rate among young adults in Leicestershire increased between 1975 & 1987.