Suicide Rates by Major Occupational Group — 17 States, 2012 and 2015

During 2000-2016, the suicide rate among the U.S. working age population (persons aged 16-64 years) increased 34%, from 12.9 per 100,000 population to 17.3 (https://www.cdc.gov/injury/wisqars). To better understand suicide among different occupational groups and inform suicide prevention efforts, CD...

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Published in:MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report 2018-11, Vol.67 (45), p.1253-1260
Main Authors: Peterson, Cora, Stone, Deborah M., Marsh, Suzanne M., Schumacher, Pamela K., Tiesman, Hope M., McIntosh, Wendy LiKamWa, Lokey, Colby N., Trudeau, Aimée-Rika T., Bartholow, Brad, Luo, Feijun
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Language:English
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Adolescent
Adult
Female
Full Report
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Occupations - statistics & numerical data
Suicide - statistics & numerical data
United States
Young Adult
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Summary:During 2000-2016, the suicide rate among the U.S. working age population (persons aged 16-64 years) increased 34%, from 12.9 per 100,000 population to 17.3 (https://www.cdc.gov/injury/wisqars). To better understand suicide among different occupational groups and inform suicide prevention efforts, CDC analyzed suicide deaths by Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) major groups for decedents aged 16-64 years from the 17 states participating in both the 2012 and 2015 National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) (https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/nvdrs). The occupational group with the highest male suicide rate in 2012 and 2015 was Construction and Extraction (43.6 and 53.2 per 100,000 civilian noninstitutionalized working persons, respectively), whereas the group with the highest female suicide rate was Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media (11.7 [2012] and 15.6 [2015]). The largest suicide rate increase among males from 2012 to 2015 (47%) occurred in the Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media occupational group (26.9 to 39.7) and among females, in the Food Preparation and Serving Related group, from 6.1 to 9.4 (54%). CDC's technical package of strategies to prevent suicide is a resource for communities, including workplace settings (1).
ISSN:0149-2195
1545-861X
DOI:10.15585/mmwr.mm6745a1