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State data show elevated suicide rates in construction, agriculture and select service occupations
Summary
A department presentation of Washington death-certificate data found construction and extraction occupations carry about 2.85 times the suicide rate of other occupations; the report disaggregates risk by sex and race/ethnicity and will be published for stakeholder use.
Dave, a department clinician presenting Washington-specific suicide data, told the committee the analysis uses death certificate coding by industry and occupation for the working-age population over a 10-year period. "Construction and extraction occupations have 2.85 times the rate of all other occupations combined," he said, and he highlighted pronounced differences by sex and by race and ethnicity.
The presentation broke down risk by demographic groups and…
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