Rates of homicide, suicide, and firearm-related death among children - 26 industrialized countries

Article Abstract:

The homicide rate among US children is the highest in the industrialized world. An analysis of statistics from the US and 25 other developed countries reveals that 73% of the 1,995 homicides reported by these countries occurred in the US. The childhood homicide rate was 5 times higher in the US than in all other countries combined. Eighty-six percent of all firearm-related childhood deaths occurred in the US. This rate was almost 12 times higher than in all other countries combined. It was almost 3 times higher than the rate in the next highest country.

Patient outcomes, Mortality, Children, Juvenile homicide

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Regional variations in suicide rates - United States, 1990-1994

Article Abstract:

Suicide rates vary throughout the US and the reasons for this are not clear. An analysis of nationwide mortality rates found that 154,444 people committed suicide in the US between 1990 and 1994. Suicide rates were highest in the West, followed by the South, Midwest and Northeast. Ten of the thirteen western states ranked in the top quartile, the most of any region. Rates in the West were 70% higher than in the Northeast. Firearms were the leading cause of death and the rate of firearm suicides was highest in the South.

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Temporal Variations in School-Associated Student Homicide and Suicide Events--United States, 1992-1999

Article Abstract:

Student homicides usually peak at the beginning of the spring and fall semesters whereas student suicides peak during the spring semester, according to data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC has tracked violent deaths at US schools since the 1992-93 school year.

Statistical Data Included, School violence

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