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A study based on US national suicide mortality data between 1991 and 1996 has shown that the highest suicide rates were observed for White male widowers aged 20-24 (381 per 100,000, i.e. ~33 times higher than the national average in 1996 and ~17 times higher than married men in that category). | A study based on US national suicide mortality data between 1991 and 1996 has shown that the highest suicide rates were observed for White male widowers aged 20-24 (381 per 100,000, i.e. ~33 times higher than the national average in 1996 and ~17 times higher than married men in that category). | ||
For female White widows, suicide rate only increased by factor ~4 and not significantly higher than the national average. | For female White widows, suicide rate only increased by factor ~4 when going from being married to widowed, and it is not significantly higher than the national average. | ||
Even though men and women self-report about the same intensity of post-relationship grief (Morris & Reiber, 2011), | Even though men and women self-report about the same intensity of post-relationship grief (Morris & Reiber, 2011), | ||