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The health status of elderly persons in the last year of life: a comparison of deaths by suicide, injury, and natural causes.

The health status of elderly persons in the last year of life: a comparison of deaths by suicide,... The health status of elderly persons in the last year of life: a comparison of deaths by suicide, injury, and natural causes. L Grabbe , A Demi , M A Camann and L Potter School of Nursing, Georgia State University, Atlanta 30302-4019, USA. OBJECTIVES: This study identified health status variables related to suicide by elderly persons and compared the health status of suicide decedents with natural death and injury decedents. METHODS: Data were obtained from the 1986 National Mortality Followback Survey. RESULTS: When other variables were controlled for, suicide decedents were significantly more likely than injury decedents to have a history of cancer (odds ratio OR = 51.94), moderate (OR = 29.37) or heavy (OR = 22.87) alcohol use, and mental or emotional disorder (OR = 10.91) and to be White (OR = 18.54) and male (OR = 9.12). CONCLUSIONS: The findings indicate that a history of cancer should be considered as a risk for suicide in the elderly. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png American Journal of Public Health American Public Health Association

The health status of elderly persons in the last year of life: a comparison of deaths by suicide, injury, and natural causes.

Grabbe, L; Demi, A; Camann, M A; Potter, L
American Journal of Public Health , Volume 87 (3): 434 – Mar 1, 1997
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American Public Health Association
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Copyright © 1997 by the American Public Health Association
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0090-0036
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1541-0048
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10.2105/AJPH.87.3.434
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Abstract

The health status of elderly persons in the last year of life: a comparison of deaths by suicide, injury, and natural causes. L Grabbe , A Demi , M A Camann and L Potter School of Nursing, Georgia State University, Atlanta 30302-4019, USA. OBJECTIVES: This study identified health status variables related to suicide by elderly persons and compared the health status of suicide decedents with natural death and injury decedents. METHODS: Data were obtained from the 1986 National Mortality Followback Survey. RESULTS: When other variables were controlled for, suicide decedents were significantly more likely than injury decedents to have a history of cancer (odds ratio OR = 51.94), moderate (OR = 29.37) or heavy (OR = 22.87) alcohol use, and mental or emotional disorder (OR = 10.91) and to be White (OR = 18.54) and male (OR = 9.12). CONCLUSIONS: The findings indicate that a history of cancer should be considered as a risk for suicide in the elderly.

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American Journal of Public Health – American Public Health Association

Published: Mar 1, 1997

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