An Analysis of age, Gender, and Racial Differences in Recent National Trends of Youth Suicide

Using estimated population figures generated by the National Center for Health Statistics, national mortality data for 1979 & 1984 were converted to rates of suicide per 100,000 living population. Using these adjusted rates of suicide, Multiple Classification Analysis was used to test main & interaction effects of historical time period, race, sex & age group on the adjusted rates of suicide. Only main effects for race, sex & age were significant predictors of total suicide rates. Further findings are discussed. (29 refs)