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Did the Great Recession increase suicides in the USA? Evidence from an interrupted time-series analysis

PURPOSE: Research suggests that the Great Recession of 2007-2009 led to nearly 5000 excess suicides in the United States. However, prior work has not accounted for seasonal patterning and unique suicide trends by age and gender. METHODS: We …

Trends in Socioeconomic Inequalities in Motor Vehicle Accident Deaths in the United States, 1995-2010

Motor vehicle accident (MVA) mortality has been declining overall, but little is known about trends by socioeconomic position. We examined trends in education-related inequalities in US MVA death rates from 1995 to 2010. We used mortality data from …