Suicide by jumping from a bridge

Percept Mot Skills. 2003 Aug;97(1):338. doi: 10.2466/pms.2003.97.1.338.

Abstract

Of the 132 suicides jumping from the Delaware Memorial Bridge from 1952 to the present, the majority were male and from Delaware. There were more suicides in the summer months than in the winter months.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Delaware / epidemiology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Male
  • New Jersey / epidemiology
  • Pennsylvania / epidemiology
  • Suicide / statistics & numerical data*