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Suicide in the Elderly
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Suicide in the Elderly
Suicide completion by a person age 65 or over


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Patrick Arbore, Director of the Center for Elderly Suicide Prevention at the Goldman Institute on Aging, says, "We can''t really pass the buck to the physician here.
More than half the elderly suicides were connected with ill health, but a sizeable number were due to financial pressures, the report said.
Mark Kaplan, professor of community health at Portland State University, notes that Oregon ranks in the top 10 states for its suicide rate, and in the top five for its elderly suicide rate.
 
 
 
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