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2021
Suicide Trends and Prevention in Rural Pennsylvania Counties and Schools
June 19, 2021 | Health Care and Human Services
This study examined the overall trends in suicide across Pennsylvania from 1990 to 2018, the suicide prevention programs currently used by counties, and the programs that are used in K - 12 school districts. Suicide rates have been increasing over the last decade. In 2018, the suicide rate in rural counties was 25 percent higher than in urban counties. Higher numbers of handgun sales, lower levels of education, lower incomes, larger populations over age 65, and higher unemployment correlate with higher rural suicide rates.
Executive Summary
Tags: mental health , suicide
Introducing the Center's new journal, Rural Policy: The Research Bulletin of the Center for Rural Pennsylvania.