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Code Red and Code Blue are both terms that are often used to refer to a cardiopulmonary arrest, but other types of emergencies (for example bomb threats, terrorist activity, child abductions, or mass casualties) may be given code designations, too.
By Annalisa Merelli
Senior reporter
Published January 21, 2016Last updated February 21, 2016This article is more than 2 years old.
One of the constant findings in suicide studies is that the majority of victims are older white men. Data from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention shows that in 2014, men accounted for 77.4% of all suicides in the US—and white males for about 70%.
While most research on suicide has not compared different demographics, a study published in Nov. 2015’s issue of Men and Masculinities Journal by Silvia Sara Canetto, a professor of psychology at Colorado State University does so, with a few interesting findings that might help us understand why older white men (and particularly, those of European origin) are more at risk of suicide than any other demographics.