Suicides among American Indian/Alaska Natives : National Violent Death Reporting System, 18 states, 2003–2014
Leavitt, Rachel A.
Suicides among American Indian/Alaska Natives : National Violent Death Reporting System, 18 states, 2003–2014 Rachel A. Leavitt, Allison Ertl, Kameron Sheats, Emiko Petrosky, Asha Ivey-Stephenson and Katherine A. Fowler - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2018 - MMWR .
MMWR, 2018, 67(8): 237-242
Suicide disproportionately affects American Indians/Alaska Natives (AI/AN). The suicide rate among AI/AN has been increasing since 2003 (1), and in 2015, AI/AN suicide rates in the 18 states participating in the National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) were 21.5 per 100,000, more than 3.5 times higher than those among racial/ethnic groups with the lowest rates.* To study completed suicides across all ages of AI/AN, NVDRS data collected from 2003 to 2014 were analyzed by comparing differences in suicide characteristics and circumstances between AI/AN and white decedents. Considering circumstance information the following was noted: "Circumstance information, obtained primarily through information provided by persons who knew the decedent as indicated in coroner/medical examiner reports and law enforcement reports, was known for 87.5% of AI/AN and 89.8% of white suicides (Table 2). Although intimate partner problems were a common precipitating circumstance for both AI/AN (39.1%) and white decedents (29.4%), AI/AN had significantly higher odds of experiencing this circumstance (aOR = 1.2; 95% CI = 1.1–1.3). Approximately two in 10 AI/AN suicides were preceded by an argument, compared with one in 10 white suicides (aOR = 1.4; 95% CI = 1.2–1.7). Compared with white decedents, AI/AN decedents had 2.4 times the odds of the suicide of a friend or family member affecting their death (as ascertained through a note or interviews with persons who knew the decedent) (95% CI = 1.9–3.1) and 1.7 times the odds of the nonsuicide death of a friend or family member affecting their death (95% CI = 1.4–2.1)." (pp.238-9). Record #5778
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
AMERICAN INDIAN PEOPLE
ALASKA NATIVE PEOPLE
DATA ANALYSIS
INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS
INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
RISK FACTORS
STATISTICS
SUBSTANCE ABUSE
SUICIDE
VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
UNITED STATES
Suicides among American Indian/Alaska Natives : National Violent Death Reporting System, 18 states, 2003–2014 Rachel A. Leavitt, Allison Ertl, Kameron Sheats, Emiko Petrosky, Asha Ivey-Stephenson and Katherine A. Fowler - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2018 - MMWR .
MMWR, 2018, 67(8): 237-242
Suicide disproportionately affects American Indians/Alaska Natives (AI/AN). The suicide rate among AI/AN has been increasing since 2003 (1), and in 2015, AI/AN suicide rates in the 18 states participating in the National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) were 21.5 per 100,000, more than 3.5 times higher than those among racial/ethnic groups with the lowest rates.* To study completed suicides across all ages of AI/AN, NVDRS data collected from 2003 to 2014 were analyzed by comparing differences in suicide characteristics and circumstances between AI/AN and white decedents. Considering circumstance information the following was noted: "Circumstance information, obtained primarily through information provided by persons who knew the decedent as indicated in coroner/medical examiner reports and law enforcement reports, was known for 87.5% of AI/AN and 89.8% of white suicides (Table 2). Although intimate partner problems were a common precipitating circumstance for both AI/AN (39.1%) and white decedents (29.4%), AI/AN had significantly higher odds of experiencing this circumstance (aOR = 1.2; 95% CI = 1.1–1.3). Approximately two in 10 AI/AN suicides were preceded by an argument, compared with one in 10 white suicides (aOR = 1.4; 95% CI = 1.2–1.7). Compared with white decedents, AI/AN decedents had 2.4 times the odds of the suicide of a friend or family member affecting their death (as ascertained through a note or interviews with persons who knew the decedent) (95% CI = 1.9–3.1) and 1.7 times the odds of the nonsuicide death of a friend or family member affecting their death (95% CI = 1.4–2.1)." (pp.238-9). Record #5778
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
AMERICAN INDIAN PEOPLE
ALASKA NATIVE PEOPLE
DATA ANALYSIS
INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS
INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
RISK FACTORS
STATISTICS
SUBSTANCE ABUSE
SUICIDE
VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
UNITED STATES