Using more comprehensive data to nail down economic trends, the new study found a clear correlation between suicide rates and the business cycle among young and middle-age adults. That correlation vanished when researchers looked only at children and the elderly.

via Study Ties Suicide Rate in Work Force to Economy – NYTimes.com.

But this study should give communities and doctors a better sense not only of when risk is high, but in whom — working-age adults, in this case. “Once people age out of the work force, there seems to be no relationship between the business cycle and their vulnerability,” Dr. Florence said.