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Data Workgroup Feb 23, 2012. Suicide Prevention. Santa Clara County Mental Health Department (SCCMHD) Suicide Prevention Program. Agenda. Partnership with Medical Examiner/Coroner’s Office Suicide Data 2009 - 2010 Methodology Employed Factors Impacting Suicide Data Analysis Results
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Data Workgroup Feb 23, 2012 Suicide Prevention Santa Clara County Mental Health Department (SCCMHD) Suicide Prevention Program
Agenda • Partnership with Medical Examiner/Coroner’s Office • Suicide Data 2009 - 2010 • Methodology Employed • Factors Impacting Suicide • Data Analysis Results • Discussion and Next Steps
Methodology Employed Redacted data received from coroner’s office Data entry from case reports Data modification & preparation for analysis SPSS Version 19.0 used to analyze the data Objective was to establish bottom-line
Factors Impacting Suicide • Where? • City of Residence • Place of Death • History • Mental Health Diagnosis • Drug/Alcohol Usage • Suicidal Communication • Prior Attempts • Physical Health • Employment • Demographic Factors • Gender • Age • Race / Ethnicity • Martial Status • When? • Time of year • Time of day • Means of death
Suicides 2009 – 2010 By Gender Suicide Rate 2010= 8.22 Per hundred Thousand
Ethnicity: Options in QPR Module • African American • Alaska Native • American Indian • Asian Indian • Chinese • Filipino • Guamanian or Chamorro • Hispanic • Japanese • Korean • Native Hawaiian • Other • Other Asian/Pacific Islander • Samoan • Vietnamese • White
Percentage of Suicides 2009 – 2010 by Marital Status/Relationships
Suicides 2009 – 2010 by Suicidal Communication written note no communication
Discussion • What further analysis is desired? • Are there other variables or factors that should be studied? • Who should see this report; who should it be distributed to? • What should be done with recommendations? • Define possible options for major variables? • What else?
Next Steps • Reviewing 2011 data case reports
Contact Information Victor Ojakian Chair, Suicide Prevention Oversight Committee Victor.Ojakian@hhs.sccgov.org Phone: (408)569-3933
Data Workgroup Contacts Shashank Joshi, MD Co-Chair svjoshi@stanford.edu Phone: 650/ 725-7924 ________________________________________________________________ Elena Tindall Suicide Prevention Coordinator Elena.Tindall@hhs.sccgov.org Phone: (408) 793-5843 Jo Coffaro Co-Chair jcoffaro@hospitalcouncil.net Phone: (916) 296-7363 ______________________________________________________________ Anita Mukherjee, Ed.D. Suicide Prevention Associate Anita.Mukherjee@hhs.sccgov.org Phone: (408) 793-5864