OBJECTIVE: To describe trends in mortality from suicide among people older then 14 years of age in Andalucía, Spain, from 1976 to 1995, with reference to age, sex, marital status and method of suicide. METHODS: W...
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OBJECTIVE: To describe trends in mortality from suicide among people older then 14 years of age in Andalucía, Spain, from 1976 to 1995, with reference to age, sex, marital status and method of suicide. METHODS: With deaths from suicide and the populations of Andalucía, the following indicators were computed: crude and age-adjusted rates by gender, year of death and marital status;age-adjusted rates of years of potential life lost by year of death and marital status. Poisson regression models were obtained to analyze time trends. RESULTS: Mortality from suicide has experienced an important increase, mainly in men, changing from rates of 13,66 to 18,19 deaths per 100,000 person-years. In women, the increase has been much slighter, from 3,81 to 4,36 deaths per 100,000 person-years. The largest increase has occurred among young males and, to a lesser extent, in the oldest groups, both in males and females, although the rates increase with age. The two main methods of suicide, both in males and females, were hanging and jumping, with the highest frequency occurring among widowers, followed by single and divorced persons, while married people were in the last position. CONCLUSIONS: In a situation of generalized increase in mortality from suicide in Andalucía in the study period, important differences were found by sex, age and marital status.
This paper presents evidence that neuropsychological syndromes which characterize some externally violent people may also explain some suicidal behavior, particularly in adolescents and those who repeat their suicidal...
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This paper presents evidence that neuropsychological syndromes which characterize some externally violent people may also explain some suicidal behavior, particularly in adolescents and those who repeat their suicidal behavior.
We conducted a prospective ten-year follow-up study on the consequences of a suicide among relatives or other individuals close to the suicide victim. Baseline interviews (n = 104) were carried out during the National...
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We conducted a prospective ten-year follow-up study on the consequences of a suicide among relatives or other individuals close to the suicide victim. Baseline interviews (n = 104) were carried out during the National Suicide Prevention Project in Finland from 1987 to 1988. Semi-structured follow-up interviews including the 12-item General Health Questionnaire and the 21-item Beck Depression Inventory were carried out ten years later (n = 64, 64% of those still alive). Mental symptoms were reported to have been common after suicide but they had subsided during three years. Mental symptoms had been common especially among children after their parent's suicide. At baseline mothers had had depressive symptoms more often than others, but at follow-up there was no statistical difference. Life changes associated with the suicide were common, and they could be unfavourable as well as favourable. At the time of the follow-up study, half of the interviewees felt that baseline interviews had helped them to adjust to the suicide.
In a study of the 48 contiguous states in 1980, states with a higher male:female sex ratio, that is, a relatively higher proportion of men to women, had a higher male suicide rate even after controls for other social ...
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In a study of the 48 contiguous states in 1980, states with a higher male:female sex ratio, that is, a relatively higher proportion of men to women, had a higher male suicide rate even after controls for other social correlates of suicide rates.
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