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Major Issues for Public Health

Thomas B. Cole, MD, MPH; Richard M. Glass, MD

JAMA. 2005;294:623-624.

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Suicide and homicide are the fourth and fifth leading causes of death for persons aged 10 to 60 years in the United States.¹ Suicide completion and homicide perpetration are associated with previous attempts at self-harm² or violence toward others,³ and both of these predominant causes of violent death are associated with mental illness.

In 2002 there were 31 655 suicide deaths in the United States for a rate of 10.99 per 100 000 population.¹ Persons who attempt suicide are 38 to 40 times as likely to commit suicide as are persons without previous attempts.⁴ The population-based National Comorbidity Survey Replication, conducted in 2001-2003,⁵ reported that 3.3% of US residents aged 18 to 54 years had seriously thought about killing themselves in the past 12 months. Of this group, 28.6% made a plan to kill themselves and 32.8% of those who made a plan . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Author Affiliations: Dr Cole is Contributing Editor (tbcole@bellsouth.net) and Dr Glass is Deputy Editor, JAMA.

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