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Suicide among New York City police officers, 1977-1996
Peter M Marzuk1, Matthew K Nock, Andrew C Leon
1Department of Psychiatry, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 1300 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021, USA. pmmarzuk@mail.med.cornell.edu
Objective:
The authors assessed the suicide rates of New York City police officers during a recent period.
Method:
The authors reviewed death certificates of active New York City police officers who died from 1977 through 1996 (N=668); age-, gender-, and race-specific suicide rates among New York City police officers and the city's residents were determined.
Results:
The police suicide rate was 14.9 per 100,000 person-years, compared with a demographically adjusted suicide rate of New York City residents of 18.3 per 100,000 person-years. Suicide rates among male police officers were comparable to their reference population. Female police officers had a higher risk of suicide than female residents of New York, but the number of suicides of female police officers was small.
Conclusions:
The rate of suicide among New York City police officers is equal to, or even lower than, the suicide rate of the city's resident population.
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