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. 2018 Nov 16;67(45):1253-1260.
doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6745a1.

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

Cora Peterson, Deborah M Stone, Suzanne M Marsh, Pamela K Schumacher, Hope M Tiesman, Wendy LiKamWa McIntosh, Colby N Lokey, Aimée-Rika T Trudeau, Brad Bartholow, Feijun Luo

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

Cora Peterson et al. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. .

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  • Erratum: Vol. 67, No. 45.
    [No authors listed] [No authors listed] MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2019 Feb 22;68(7):186. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6807a7. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2019. PMID: 30789876 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

Abstract

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).

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All authors have completed and submitted the ICMJE form for disclosure of potential conflicts of interest. No potential conflicts of interest were disclosed.

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