Frontiers in public health · 2026
Exploring suicide among immigrant farmworkers in the United States: evidence from the National Violent Death Reporting System.
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Kohlbeck Sara A
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BACKGROUND: Agricultural workers face some of the highest suicide rates in the United States, yet limited research has examined suicide among immigrant and migrant farmworkers (IMFs), a population recognized as particularly vulnerable within occupational health surveillance priorities. This study examined circumstances contributing to suicide among IMFs and compared these to circumstances among U.S.-born farmworkers using National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) data.
METHODS: This multiple methods study used NVDRS data from 2013 to 2023, restricted to decedents in agricultural worker occupations (SOC Minor Group 45-2000) who died by suicide. Decedents were classified as IMFs (foreign-born) or U.S.-born based on birthplace. Bivariate analyses examined associations between nativity and reported circumstances preceding suicide, followed by multivariable logistic regression adjusted for age, sex, race, ethnicity, marital status, and education. A single-author qualitative analysis of investigative narratives, using an iterative inductive coding process with peer debriefing as a rigor check, identified themes describing IMF suicide circumstances.
RESULTS: Of 1,162 decedents, 17% (n = 201) were foreign-born. IMFs were older, more likely male, more likely Hispanic, and had lower educational attainment than U.S.-born decedents. IMFs were less likely to die by firearm (22% vs. 57%) and more likely to die by hanging/strangulation/suffocation (64% vs. 30%). In adjusted analysis, Hispanic ethnicity (OR = 0.014), older age (OR = 0.961), and being married (OR = 0.366) were associated with lower odds, while firearm method (OR = 2.126) was associated with higher odds, of U.S.-born status. Investigative documentation completeness did not differ significantly by nativity. Qualitative analysis identified four themes: stigma and avoidance of mental health care; violent and conflictual intimate relationships; substance use and associated familial shame; and immigration-related vulnerability and compounded isolation.
CONCLUSION: IMFs experience intersectional stressors-including immigration-related vulnerability, stigma, and isolation-that shape suicide risk in ways distinct from U.S.-born farmworkers, and that align with constructs of thwarted belongingness and perceived burdensomeness from the Interpersonal-Psychological Theory of Suicide. Predominant use of hanging/strangulation among IMFs highlights limitations of conventional lethal means restriction strategies for this population. Culturally responsive, community-based, and workplace interventions-including stigma reduction, social connection programming, and multilingual lethal means safety messaging-are needed to address suicide risk among this underrecognized and vulnerable occupational group.
METHODS: This multiple methods study used NVDRS data from 2013 to 2023, restricted to decedents in agricultural worker occupations (SOC Minor Group 45-2000) who died by suicide. Decedents were classified as IMFs (foreign-born) or U.S.-born based on birthplace. Bivariate analyses examined associations between nativity and reported circumstances preceding suicide, followed by multivariable logistic regression adjusted for age, sex, race, ethnicity, marital status, and education. A single-author qualitative analysis of investigative narratives, using an iterative inductive coding process with peer debriefing as a rigor check, identified themes describing IMF suicide circumstances.
RESULTS: Of 1,162 decedents, 17% (n = 201) were foreign-born. IMFs were older, more likely male, more likely Hispanic, and had lower educational attainment than U.S.-born decedents. IMFs were less likely to die by firearm (22% vs. 57%) and more likely to die by hanging/strangulation/suffocation (64% vs. 30%). In adjusted analysis, Hispanic ethnicity (OR = 0.014), older age (OR = 0.961), and being married (OR = 0.366) were associated with lower odds, while firearm method (OR = 2.126) was associated with higher odds, of U.S.-born status. Investigative documentation completeness did not differ significantly by nativity. Qualitative analysis identified four themes: stigma and avoidance of mental health care; violent and conflictual intimate relationships; substance use and associated familial shame; and immigration-related vulnerability and compounded isolation.
CONCLUSION: IMFs experience intersectional stressors-including immigration-related vulnerability, stigma, and isolation-that shape suicide risk in ways distinct from U.S.-born farmworkers, and that align with constructs of thwarted belongingness and perceived burdensomeness from the Interpersonal-Psychological Theory of Suicide. Predominant use of hanging/strangulation among IMFs highlights limitations of conventional lethal means restriction strategies for this population. Culturally responsive, community-based, and workplace interventions-including stigma reduction, social connection programming, and multilingual lethal means safety messaging-are needed to address suicide risk among this underrecognized and vulnerable occupational group.