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Title: The Impact of Level of Rurality on Suicide Rates: An Analysis of Combined Effects of Known Risk-Factors at the County Level

Citation Type: Dissertation/Thesis

Publication Year: 2020

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Abstract: Suicide remains a leading cause of death in the United States. Suicide risk is shaped by a number of sociodemographic characteristics in addition to where people live. In this project, county suicide rates were examined alongside indicators of known risk factors for suicide including level of urbanization, geographic division, economic disadvantage, religious adherence, marriage and divorce, gender and racial categories, and education. Regression models indicate that rurality influences the relationship between sociodemographic variables and rates of completed suicide. Central findings include the combined effect of rurality and education, rurality and region, and rurality divorce on suicide rates. One implication of this is research is a greater need to consider how context shapes suicide risk when designing programs and policies to prevent suicide.

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Authors: Thompson Haffey, Kieran

Institution: University of Colorado - Boulder

Department: Sociology

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Topics: Fertility and Mortality, Other

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