Use of the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at National, Regional, and State Levels, in JAMA Network Open
key takeaway: "Regionally, the past-year 988 contact incidence rate was highest in the West and lowest in the South (27.1 vs 20.0 per 1000 population) and the same was true for the past-year estimate of 988 use prevalence (1.8% vs 1.3%). At the state-level, past-year 988 contact incidence rates ranged from highs of 45.3 and 40.2 per 1000 population in Alaska and Vermont, respectively, to lows of 12.5 and 14.4 per 1000 population in Delaware and Alabama, respectively."
Surveillance for Violent Deaths — National Violent Death Reporting System, 50 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, 2022, in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
key takeaway: "The suicide rate was highest among AI/AN and White males, whereas the homicide rate was highest among Black and AI/AN males. Intimate partner violence precipitated a large proportion of homicides among females. Mental health and substance use problems, previous awareness of the victim by authorities, intimate partner problems, interpersonal conflicts, and acute life stressors were primary precipitating circumstances for multiple types of deaths examined."
Firearm Laws and Pediatric Mortality in the US, in JAMA Pediatrics
key takeaway: "Excess mortality analysis found that a group of states with the most permissive firearm laws after 2010 experienced more than 6029 firearm deaths in children and adolescents aged 0 to 17 years between 2011 and 2023 and 1424 excess firearm deaths in a group of states with permissive laws. In the most permissive states, the largest increase occurred in the non-Hispanic Black pediatric population; among all states, 4 states had statistical decreases in pediatric firearm mortality during the study period, all of which were in states with strict firearm policies."