Journal article
Suicide rates by lethal means and occupational group among US workers, 2013-2019
Journal of occupational and environmental medicine, Vol.67(10), pp.834-842
10/2025
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000003450
PMID: 40480808
Abstract
Objectives: To calculate rates of suicide by lethal means and occupational group during 2013-2019 for US workers.
Methods: This descriptive study included suicide rates for workers 24-65 years of age were calculated using decedents from the National Violent Death Reporting System and population estimates from the American Community Survey Public Use Microdata Sample. Rates were stratified by lethal means, occupation, and biological sex.
Results: Firearm-related suicides rates were highest among construction and extraction; installation, maintenance, and repair; and protective service occupations. Poisoning-related suicide rates were highest among arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media; construction and extraction; and healthcare practitioners and technical occupations.
Conclusions: Occupational groups with access to firearms at work and low-wage jobs have higher rates of firearm-related suicide. Future investigations should examine how occupational access to firearms contribute to suicide risk among workers.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Suicide rates by lethal means and occupational group among US workers, 2013-2019
- Creators
- Victor A SoupeneJonathan DavisJonathan M PlattPaul A RomittiJoseph E CavanaughCarri Casteel
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of occupational and environmental medicine, Vol.67(10), pp.834-842
- DOI
- 10.1097/JOM.0000000000003450
- PMID
- 40480808
- NLM abbreviation
- J Occup Environ Med
- ISSN
- 1536-5948
- eISSN
- 1536-5948
- Publisher
- Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc; PHILADELPHIA
- Grant note
- Heartland Center for Occupational Health and Safety at the University of Iowa through Training: T42OH008491 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Funding sources for All Authors: Fellowship support was provided by the Heartland Center for Occupational Health and Safety at the University of Iowa through Training Grant No. T42OH008491 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
- Language
- English
- Electronic publication date
- 05/16/2025
- Date published
- 10/2025
- Academic Unit
- Statistics and Actuarial Science; Occupational and Environmental Health; Epidemiology; Biostatistics; Center for Social Science Innovation; Injury Prevention Research Center
- Record Identifier
- 9984827332002771
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