Suicide Prevention Evaluation in a Western Athabaskan American Indian Tribe - New Mexico, 1988-1997
Since 1979, suicide and homicide have alternated as the second and third leading causes of death* among young American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/ANs). From 1979 through 1992, suicide rates for AI/ANs in all age groups were approximately 1.5 times the rates for the overall U.S. population. During 1991-1 993, suicide rates for AI/ANs aged 15-24 and 25-34 years were 31.7 and 26.6 per ...