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Self-Inflicted Death (1971-1985): Preliminary Results of a 15-Year Survey in an Inner City Area on the Incidence and Methods Employed (IN: Current Issues of Suicidology, ed. by H J Moller et al)
Chambers D R~~Harvey J G
This survey is based on an analysis of inquest deaths in Inner North London from 1971-1985. The suicide rate remained fairly constant at about 20 per 100,000, & the sex/age ratio did not show any marked variation. The authors found that 66% of the victims were male & 34% female. Methods employed have changed with a sharp decline in gas deaths, a steady decline in overdose deaths, & increases in all other methods, particularly in deaths by hanging. In 44%, no psychiatric history was found. (VM)