ReviewJournal of community health2021
Firearm Suicides in the Elderly: A Narrative Review and Call for Action.
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- Suicide risk and malpractice considerations in geriatric care.European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience · 2026Article
- Breaking the Silence: The Role of Screening in Physician-Initiated Firearm Safety Conversations.Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education · 2025Article
- Sex Differences in Trends of Firearm Suicide Among Older Adults, 2014 to 2023.JAMA network open · 2025Article
- Firearm Deaths Impacting Older Adults.Journal of community health · 2025Article
- Growing injury threats to longevity in the older population: American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Prevention Committee topical update.Trauma surgery & acute care open · 2025Review
- Descriptive Epidemiology of Female Suicides by Race and Ethnicity.Journal of community health · 2024Article
- A Moving Target: Firearm Deaths, Mental Health, and the Role of Physicians.Current psychiatry reports · 2024Review
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- A structural vulnerability approach to older adult suicides: Trends and potential impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in Clark County, NV (2017-2021).Forensic science international. Synergy · 2024Article
- Fatal and non-fatal firearm-related injuries in Canada, 2016-2020: a population-based study using three administrative databases.Injury epidemiology · 2023Article
- Firearm use risk factors and access restriction among suicide decedents age 75 and older who disclosed their suicidal intent.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Suicides Among Non-Elderly Adult Hispanics, 2010-2020.Journal of community health · 2022Article
- Childhood Suicide Trends in the United States, 2010-2019.Journal of community health · 2022Article
- Worldwide suicide mortality trends by firearm (1990-2019): A joinpoint regression analysis.PloS one · 2022Article
- Firearms: the leading cause of years of potential life lost.Trauma surgery & acute care open · 2022Review
- Extreme Risk Protection Orders in Older Adults in Six U.S. States: A Descriptive Study.Clinical gerontologistArticle
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Abstract
Firearm suicides are one of the leading causes of death for older Americans. The purpose of this review is to explore the risk factors associated with suicides in the elderly, provide an overview of the epidemiology of firearm-related suicides in older Americans, and explore methods of preventing firearm suicides in the elderly. The vast majority (70 %) of elderly suicides in the U.S were committed using a firearm. Elderly firearm suicides have increased by 49 % between 2010 and 2018, disproportionately affecting white males. Yearly firearm suicides in the elderly ranged from 4,276 in 2010 to 6,375 in 2018. In 2018, the rate of elderly male firearm suicides was 24.96/100,000 compared to a rate of 1.92/100,000 for elderly females, a rate ratio of 13 to 1 for males compared to females. The primary risk factors for elderly firearm suicides seem to be physical illnesses, mental illnesses, and social factors. Older Americans engage in suicidal behaviors with greater planning and lethality of intent than do young adults. Of all the strategies to prevent suicides with firearms, the most efficacious measures based on current research seem to be state firearm legislation and improving mental healthcare, but these effects are not specific to the elderly. Strengthening state firearm laws and improving mental healthcare for the elderly may have promise in preventing elderly firearm-related suicides. Additional implications for practice and research are discussed in this review.
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