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Explaining regional differences in suicide rates

D Lester1

  • 1Center for the Study of Suicide, Blackwood, NJ 08012, USA.

Social Science & Medicine (1982)
|March 1, 1995
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State social characteristics in 1959-1961 predicted suicide rates for individuals born in noncontiguous states and abroad. This finding supports selective migration as an explanation for varying state suicide rates.

Area of Science:

  • Sociology
  • Epidemiology
  • Criminology

Background:

  • State-level suicide rates exhibit significant variation across the United States.
  • Previous research has explored various factors, including social characteristics and migration patterns, to explain these disparities.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the relationship between state social characteristics during 1959-1961 and subsequent suicide rates.
  • To differentiate between the influence of selective migration versus other explanations like composition and local area factors on state suicide rates.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of state social characteristics data from 1959-1961.
  • Correlation analysis between these characteristics and suicide rates stratified by place of birth (in-state, contiguous states, noncontiguous states, abroad).

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Main Results:

  • State social characteristics from 1959-1961 significantly predicted suicide rates for individuals born in noncontiguous states and abroad.
  • No significant prediction was observed for suicide rates of individuals born in-state or in contiguous states.

Conclusions:

  • The findings support the selective migration hypothesis, suggesting that individuals migrating to states with certain social characteristics influence suicide rates.
  • The results do not support composition or local area explanations for state-level suicide rate variations based on the studied period and birthplace.