Chronic Pain Among Suicide Decedents, 2003 to 2014: Findings From the National Violent Death Reporting System

• DOI: 10.7326/m18-0830
• Publication Date: 2018-09-12T19:47:13Z
• Authors: Emiko Petrosky; Rafael Harpaz; Katherine A. Fowler; Michele K. Bohm; Charles G. Helmick; Keming Yuan; Carter J. Betz
• Keywords: Death certificate; Coroner; Medical examiner

More than 25 million adults in the United States have chronic pain. Chronic pain has been associated with suicidality, but previous studies primarily examined nonfatal suicidal behaviors rather suicide deaths or characteristics of such deaths.