State IQ and elderly suicide rates in the United States

Psychol Rep. 2008 Apr;102(2):601-2. doi: 10.2466/pr0.102.2.601-602.

Abstract

Paralleling previous findings with state suicide rates of the total population, the associations of state suicide rates of elderly persons with regional IQ estimates across the USA were inconsistent (positive, negative, or nil), depending on the source of available state IQ estimates used in the analysis. The implications of these findings and directions for further inquiry are discussed.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Age Factors
  • Aged
  • Cause of Death
  • Humans
  • Intelligence Tests / statistics & numerical data*
  • Prevalence
  • Psychometrics
  • Suicide / psychology*
  • Suicide / statistics & numerical data*
  • United States / epidemiology