Clarke, Ronald V.; Jones, Peter R. - In: Social Science & Medicine 28 (1989) 8, pp. 805-809
During the 25 years between 1959 and 1984, the suicide rate in the United States increased from 10.5/100,000 to 12.4/100,000. The increase was confined to those suicides using a firearm, which had reached 58.5% of the total by the end of the period. At the same time, there was a marked increase...