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Age- and sex-specific cycles in United States suicides, 1973 to 1985

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  • McCleary, R.
  • Chew, K.S.Y.
  • Hellsten, J.J.
  • Flynn-Bransford, M.

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Total US suicides peak on the first day of each week, in the first week of each month, and in the late spring of each year. Although these cycles are assumed to characterize all US suicides, analyses by age and sex show that the cycles occur only in a few subpopulations. Day-of-the-week effects are found almost exclusively in middle-aged suicides; day-of-the-month effects are found almost exclusively in elderly male suicides; and month-of-the-year effects are found almost exclusively in teenaged and elderly suicides.

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  • McCleary, R. & Chew, K.S.Y. & Hellsten, J.J. & Flynn-Bransford, M., 1991. "Age- and sex-specific cycles in United States suicides, 1973 to 1985," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 81(11), pages 1494-1497.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:1991:81:11:1494-1497_2
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    1. Birru, Justin, 2018. "Day of the week and the cross-section of returns," Journal of Financial Economics, Elsevier, vol. 130(1), pages 182-214.
    2. Roehner, Bertrand M., 2015. "How can one explain changes in the monthly pattern of suicide?," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 424(C), pages 350-362.

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