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Medically Attended Suicidality in Youth Who Live on Farms



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    Suicides are increasing in U.S. youth, particularly in rural areas. The influence of farming, however, is unclear, as suicide rates are higher in individual adult farm workers, but lower in farming-reliant counties. Early recognition of suicidality (suicidal ideation, intent, or attempt) is a key element of prevention, but there are no prior studies comparing suicidality in farm vs. non-farm youth. The purpose of this study was to examine associations between farm/rural residence and suicidality. Medical records were reused from an existing cohort of child and adolescent patients under surveillance for agricultural injuries in a Wisconsin healthcare system. The sample included 2,010 youth who lived on farms and 51,900 youth who did not live on farms (57% rural). The outcome was medically attended suicidality in 2017-2022 per a composite of diagnoses for suicidal ideation, attempt, or intentional self-harm that presented to ambulatory, emergency, or inpatient care settings. Suicidality was observed in 0.8% of farm, 1.8% of non-farm rural, and 1.6% of non-farm non-rural youth. After covariate adjustment, farm youth had significantly lower odds of suicidality (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] [95% confidence interval; CI] = 0.55 [0.33, 0.91], P = .019), while non-farm rural youth had significantly greater odds of suicidality (aOR [CI] = 1.21 [1.05, 1.40], P = .007), relative to non-farm non-rural youth. Children and adolescents who live on farms are about half as likely to (medically) present for suicidality as compared to their non-farm counterparts, both rural and non-rural. Future research should identify causal suicide protection factors in farm youth. [Description provided by NIOSH]
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  • ISSN:
    1059-924X
  • Document Type:
    Text
  • Funding:
    Cooperative Agreement
  • Genre:
    Journal Article
  • Place as Subject:
  • CIO:
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
  • Topic:
    Workplace Safety & Health
  • Location:
    North America
  • Pages in Document:
    144-149
  • Volume:
    29
  • Issue:
    2
  • NIOSHTIC Number:
    nn:20068583
  • Citation:
    J Agromedicine 2024 Apr; 29(2):144-149
  • Contact Point Address:
    Jeffrey J. VanWormer, Center for Clinical Epidemiology & Population Health, Marshfield Clinic Research Institute, 1000 N Oak Ave, Marshfield, WI 54449
  • Email:
    vanwormer.jeffrey@marshfieldresearch.org
  • Federal Fiscal Year:
    2024
  • NORA Priority Area:
    Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
  • Performing Organization:
    Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation
  • Peer Reviewed:
    True
  • Start Date:
    20080930
  • Source Full Name:
    Journal of Agromedicine
  • End Date:
    20250929
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    urn:sha-512:f59b1cd785904b74e1592b0dbee832046b468a45c8a38053ea381acf7933e53f7f9d3264aebe331b974c1f684c352cd6f1d53706d1ddb30d30654ff0dbc80927
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