Strengthening the validity of population-based suicide rate comparisons: an illustration using U.S. military and civilian data
| Autor: | Abigail L. Garvey Wilson, Charles W. Hoge, Stephen C. Messer, Karen M. Eaton |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
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Male Engineering Adolescent Military branch Population Poison control Sample (statistics) Poisson distribution Suicide prevention symbols.namesake Surveys and Questionnaires Statistics Humans education Simulation Demography education.field_of_study business.industry Mortality rate Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Reproducibility of Results Middle Aged United States Psychiatry and Mental health Clinical Psychology Military personnel Suicide Military Personnel Population Surveillance symbols Female business Factor Analysis Statistical |
| Zdroj: | Suicidelife-threatening behavior. 36(2) |
| ISSN: | 0363-0234 |
| Popis: | The objectives of this study were to generate precise estimates of suicide rates in the military while controlling for factors contributing to rate variability such as demographic differences and classification bias, and to develop a simple methodology for the determination of statistically derived thresholds for detecting significant rate changes. Suicide rate estimates were calculated for the military population and each service branch over 11 years, directly standardized to the 2000 U.S. population. Military rates were highly comparable across branches and were approximately 20% lower than the civilian rate. Direct adjustment essentially controlled for the demographic confounds in this sample. Applying the Poisson-based method, we demonstrate that suicide rate fluctuations as large as 20-40% in any year may be attributed to random error. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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