Riggs J E, McGraw R L, Keefover R W
Department of Neurology, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, USA.
Compr Psychiatry. 1996 May-Jun;37(3):222-5. doi: 10.1016/s0010-440x(96)90039-5.
Age-specific suicide rates in the United States between 1951 and 1988 were shown in cohort, cross-sectional, and age group formats. Despite considerable variation among women and younger and older men, suicide rates among 40- to 44-year-old men have remained stable. Since suicide is strongly influenced by psychosocial stressors, the constant suicide rates in middle-aged men suggest a consistency in the stress experienced by this population subgroup.
