Adolescent firearm suicide risk patterns: A latent class analysis using U.S. National Violent Death Reporting System surveillance data, 2007–2017

Melissa C. Osborne, Shannon Self-Brown, Rachel E. Culbreth, Betty S. Lai and Amanda K. Gilmore

Children and Youth Services Review, 2021, vol. 127, issue C

Abstract: Suicide is the second leading cause of death among adolescents in the United States, and a substantial proportion are committed with a firearm. This study identifies risk patterns among adolescent firearm suicides and examines how demographic factors relate to these patterns.

Keywords: Suicide; Firearms; Adolescent; Epidemiology; Mental health; Latent class analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2021.106101

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