Abstract
The Birthday Blues Revisited: The Timing of Suicidal, Homicidal and Natural Deaths
Lester D
An analysis of 197 natural deaths, 208 suicides, & 331 homicides failed to find an excess of deaths of any of the 3 types around the birthday. Findings fail to replicate studies by B. Barraclough & D. Shephard ; P. Kunz ; & D. Shaffer. 3 refs.