Skip to main content
Rural Health Information Hub

Altitude, Gun Ownership, Rural Areas, and Suicide

Description
Analyzes the relationship between the mean county and state altitude with total age-adjusted firearm and non-firearm suicide rates, gun ownership, and population densities within the western part of the United States.
Author(s)
Namkug Kim, Jennie B. Mickelson, Barry E. Brenner, et al.
Citation
American Journal of Psychiatry, 168(1), 49-54
Date
01/2011
Type
Document
Tagged as
Injuries · Mental health · Public health · Statistics and data · Suicide and suicide prevention