Journal article
The prevalence of work‐related suicides varies by reporting source from the National Violent Death Reporting System
American journal of industrial medicine, Vol.64(7), pp.585-592
07/2021
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.23252
PMCID: PMC8841116
PMID: 33861483
Abstract
Introduction
Both suicides overall and work‐related suicides are increasing in the United States, and efforts to reduce suicide risk will require an understanding of the frequency and role of work in suicides. This study examines the incidence of occupational suicides using the National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS), which identified the role of work in suicides using the traditional death certificate as well as from death investigations.
Methods
NVDRS suicides among those aged 16 through 65 from 2013 through 2017 were examined to determine if the death certificate identified the death as work‐related, if the death investigation identified a job problem as a suicide circumstance, and if the death investigation indicated that the job problem was a crisis at the time of the suicide.
Results
Overall, 1.13% of death certificates identified the suicides as work‐related, 2.34% of suicides included a job crisis, and 11.2% a job problem, and proportions did not vary over the years of the study. Overlap between the death certificate and death investigation was very low, with only 0.21% of suicides identified as related to work by both sources. Identification of work‐relatedness varied by source for demographic characteristics, mechanism of suicide, and occupation. For example, the death certificate identified 2.1% of suicides among those working in protective services as work‐related, but death investigations identified 15.2% as having a job problem.
Conclusion
Work‐related factors may be associated with a far higher proportion of suicides than previously documented.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The prevalence of work‐related suicides varies by reporting source from the National Violent Death Reporting System
- Creators
- Corinne Peek‐Asa - University of IowaLing Zhang - University of IowaCara Hamann - University of IowaJonathon Davis - University of IowaCarri Casteel - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- American journal of industrial medicine, Vol.64(7), pp.585-592
- DOI
- 10.1002/ajim.23252
- PMID
- 33861483
- PMCID
- PMC8841116
- NLM abbreviation
- Am J Ind Med
- ISSN
- 0271-3586
- eISSN
- 1097-0274
- Number of pages
- 8
- Grant note
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/NCIPC (R49CE003095) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/NIOSH (U19 OH008868)
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 07/2021
- Academic Unit
- Occupational and Environmental Health; Epidemiology; Nursing; Center for Social Science Innovation; Injury Prevention Research Center; Public Policy Center (Archive)
- Record Identifier
- 9984214948702771
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