Assessment of Rural-Urban and Geospatial Differences in Perceived Handgun Access and Reported Suicidality Among Youth in Colorado

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Results of a study to understand the associations of rurality, school-level prevalence of easy handgun access, and suicidality measures in Colorado youth. Also explores spatial distribution of school-level measures, and identifies communities with high prevalence of easy handgun access and suicidality. Features statistics on characteristics of schools including weighted prevalence for study measures, with breakdowns by 7 levels of population density.

Talia L. Spark, Erin Wright-Kelly, Ming Ma, et al.

JAMA Network Open, 4(10)

10/2021

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Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Suicide and suicide prevention · Colorado