Characteristics of Living and Deceased Suicidal Military Personnel Based on Single Versus Multiple Suicide Attempt Status
Abstract
While 36,000 Americans died by suicide in 2008, in that same year there was another 1 million suicide attempts (CDC, 2011). The lifetime prevalence of suicide attempts is estimated at 2.7% (Nock, Borges, Bromet, and Cha, 2008). The average rate of a subsequent suicide attempt has been reported to be 15-16% at 1-year and 20-25% over the following years (D. Owens, Horrocks, and House, 2002); as many as 1.8% of individuals who attempt suicide die by suicide in the year following their attempt (D.Owens, et al., 2002). Meta-analytic findings based on standardized mortality ratios from nine studies indicate that suicide attempters are 38 times more likely to die by suicide as compared to those who never attempted suicide (Harris and Barraclough, 1997). With approximately 1 million suicide attempts nationally within one year, the cost to society is astounding. In 2008, there were almost 200,000 hospitalizations due to suicide attempts and another 323,000 emergency department visits (CDC, 2011). For those attempts resulting in hospitalization, the economic cost is estimated at $9,127 per suicide attempt with an additional $11,146 for work-loss cost (Yang and Lester, 2007).
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 27, 2012
- Accession Number
- AD1013107
Entities
People
- Kristen Kochanski
Organizations
- Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences