Abstract

Objective

To estimate the cross-national association between suicide rates and gun ownership rates

Method

The association is estimated using the largest sample of nations (n = 194) ever employed for this purpose. Three different measures of national gun ownership rates are related to total suicide rates, firearms suicide rates, and non-firearms suicide rates.

Results

Although gun ownership rates have a significant positive association with the rate of firearms suicide, they are unrelated to the total suicide rate.

Conclusions

Consistent with the results of most prior macro-level studies, cross-national data indicate that levels of gun availability appear to affect how many people choose shooting as their method of suicide, but do not affect how many people kill themselves.

中文翻译：

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枪支拥有率和自杀率跨国协会：对 194 个国家的分析

摘要

客观的

估计自杀率和枪支拥有率之间的跨国关联

方法

 该关联是使用用于此目的的最大国家样本（n = 194）估计的。国家枪支拥有率的三种不同衡量标准与总自杀率、枪支自杀率和非枪支自杀率有关。

结果

尽管枪支拥有率与枪支自杀率呈显着正相关，但与总自杀率无关。

结论

与之前大多数宏观层面的研究结果一致，跨国数据表明，枪支供应水平似乎会影响有多少人选择射击作为他们的自杀方式，但不会影响有多少人自杀。