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registry for the Commonwealth of Kentucky since 19919. The KY-VDRS is part References
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https://doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2017.0918
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https://www.arc.gov/research/researchreportdetails.asp?REPORT_ID=138
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15 Ivey-Stephenson AZ, Crosby AE, Jack SP, Haileyesus T, Kresnow-Sedacca M. Suicide Trends Among and Within Urbanization Levels by Sex, Race/Ethnicity,
Age Group, and Mechanism of Death — United States, 2001–2015. MMWR Surveill Summ 2017;66(No. SS-18):1–16. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/
mmwr.ss6618a1.