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1 University of Rochester Medical School
* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: kerry_knox{at}urmc.rochester.edu.
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A substantial literature on risk factors for suicide in the United States now exists. National engagement in actions to institutionalize suicide prevention will be critical. Identifying groups in the United States that contribute disproportionately to the public health burden due to suicide is clearly timely. To this end, we compared age and gender specific mortality rates, age and gender specific estimates of years of potential life lost and age and gender specific present value of lost earnings that individuals would have contributed to society had they lived their full life expectancies. Men in the middle years of life contribute disproportionately to the public health burden due to completed suicide. The substantial burden evident in this group has not translated into a public health priority.
Key Words: Epidemiology, Health Policy, Injury/Emergency Care/Violence, Men's Health, Mental Health, Mortality
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