Answer: C

A) More older women than older men take their own lives.
B) Failed suicides are much rarer in old age than in adolescence.
C) Overreporting of suicides is more common in old age than in earlier life.
D) Ethnic minority older adults have higher suicide rates than the white majority.


Answer: B

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