Willis, Leigh A.; Coombs, David W.; Cockerham, William C.; … - In: Social Science & Medicine 55 (2002) 6, pp. 907-920
African-Americans have typically registered lower rates of suicide than other ethnic groups. In the last 20 years this … pattern has changed, particularly among young African-Americans between the ages of 15 and 19 (National Center for Injury … Prevention and Control, Mortality Statistics, 1998, Atlanta, GA). Today, young African-American males are as likely to commit …