Suicide rate | Firearm suicide rate | Non-firearm suicide rate | Major depression | Suicidal thoughts | |
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Rates of suicide, firearm suicide, and non-firearm suicide come from the National Center for Health Statistics. | |||||
Psychiatric disorder prevalence estimates by census region, 1991–92, come from the National Co-morbidity Study. Lifetime major depression (n=8098) and suicidal thoughts (that is, ever seriously considered suicide) (n=5877) were reported by 17% and 13% of respondents nationally. Mean household firearm and handgun ownership rates come from the General Social Surveys (1988–97). | |||||
Firearm suicide rate | 0.93 | ||||
Non-firearm suicide rate | 0.27 | −0.12 | |||
Major depression | 0.00 | −0.18 | 0.43 | ||
Suicidal thoughts | 0.68 | 0.39 | 0.77 | 0.39 | |
Household handgun prevalence | 0.59 | 0.83 | −0.57 | −0.10 | −0.01 |