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THE BIG PICTURE
In Rhode Island during 2010, there were 165 violent deaths:
135 suicides, 26 homicides and 4 deaths of undetermined
manner. The number of suicides in Rhode Island peaked
in 2010, declining from 102 suicides in 2011 to 89 in 2012,
based on provisional 2012 data.
RIVDRS data for 2004-2010 show that:
• During this seven year period, there were a total of 731
suicides in Rhode Island.
• Males (78%) were far more likely to commit suicide than
females (22%).
• Male and female suicide deaths peaked in the age group
45-54 years.
• There were 18 suicides among those aged less than 18 (15
males, 3 females).
• Just over half (52%) of those who died by suicide had a
current mental health problem, and 43% were currently
receiving mental health
treatment.
- Nearly one in five
(18%) of those who
died by suicide
experienced an
intimate partner
problem.
• 25% of those who
died by suicide
experienced a crisis
in the two weeks prior to
death.
25%
of those who died by
suicide experienced a
crisis in the two weeks
prior to death.
• Only 37% of those who died by suicide left a note.
TRANSLATING DATA INTO ACTION
Data from the Rhode Island Violent Death
Reporting System (RIVDRS) provided
new information on suicide and a better
understanding of who is at risk.
• RIVDRS data were used by the Department of Health's
Violence & Injury Prevention Program and its prevention
partners for ground-breaking priority setting and
program planning.
• Using new suicide data from the RIVDRS, the Suicide
Prevention Subcommittee of the Rhode Island Injury
Community Planning Group identified the adult, working
age population as being at increased risk for suicide and
suicide attempts.
The data were shared with key partners through the
subcommittee's members, including the State Medical
Examiner, RIVDRS Program Manager and Epidemiologist,
Violence & Injury Prevention Program manager, and
representatives from the Samaritans, American Foundation
for Suicide Prevention, community health and mental health
centers, Bradley Children's Hospital, Brown University,
Coastline Employee Assistance Program, and the Rhode
Island Student Assistance Program.
• An "Economic Impact of Depression and Suicide in the
Workplace" symposium, co-sponsored by the Violence
& Injury Prevention Program and Coastline Employee
Assistance Program, increased
awareness of depression and
suicide among working age adults
and provided strategies for
integrating suicide prevention
into worksites.
• Symposium
participants
included high-level
managers and
human resource
representatives
from the two
largest employers
in Rhode Island.
RIVDRS data
show working age
adults are at increased
risk for suicide
RIVDRS shares
data with suicide
prevention partners
& 2 of state's largest
employers
• Coastline Employee
Assistance Program integrated
suicide prevention into its mission
statement and now provides
training in early identification and
referral of at risk employees to their
clinical staff as well as their clients.
Employee
assistance
program adds suicide
prevention to its
mission, refers at-risk
employees to clinical
staff
•
•
Rhode Island noticed 25% of those who died by
suicide experienced a crisis in the two weeks
prior to death
78% were males
•
52% had a current mental health problem
Data into Action:
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Used to set priorities and program planning
Identified the adult, working age population at
increased risk
Data shared with suicide prevention partners
and 2 of the states largest employers
Employee assistance program add suicide
prevention to its mission, refers at risk
employees to clinic staff
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