Resource Tag: ACCIDENTS

This article discusses the results of a study conducted by Survivors of Law Enforcement Suicide (SOLES) & makes recommendations to prevent or reduce survivor trauma based on that study. The trauma that survivors experience may stem from seeing horrifying sights at the scene of the suicide, being improperly notified, hearing about department speculation, or feeling […]

This article identified & compared the pattern of injury mortality & hospitalized injury morbidity for urban & rural residents in New South Wales, Australia. Hospitalization data for July 2000-June 2005 & mortality data for January 2000-December 2004 were obtained. Rural residents experienced higher standardized mortality ratios for many types of injuries, including self-harm. (37 refs.)

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This study examined 1725 cases of unnatural deaths autopsied in the mortuary at Dhaka Medical College during 1996. 130 of the deaths were suicides. The male to female ratio was 1.7:1. The majority of suicides occurred among individuals in the age range 11-40 years. (14 refs.)

The authors recruited 100 individuals who had attempted suicide & 100 control patients injured by accidents. Cases & controls were matched for age, gender, & smoking status. Blood was sampled immediately after admission to hospital. Washed red blood cells were obtained & the fatty acid composition of the total red blood cells phospholipid fraction was […]

This analysis of narrative interviews with 80 bereaved individuals interprets their accounts of why & how they decided whether to view the body & their emotional reactions to this, immediately & at a later stage. Half of the sample had been bereaved by suicide. Decisions about seeing the body varied. Viewing the body brought home […]

This report provides statistics on injury & deaths among children & youth, age 1-19 years, in Alberta. Injuries were the leading cause of death for this population in 2005. Over the period 1997-2006 motor vehicle-related admissions were the leading cause of injury admissions for youth 15-19 years followed by attempted suicide/self-inflicted injuries. In 2006, suicide/attempted […]

Cerbera odollam is a tree belonging to the family that includes the yellow & common oleanders. The odollam tree is responsible for about 50 percent of the plant poisoning cases & 10% of the total poisoning cases in Kerala, India. It is used for both suicide & homicide. Approximatley 70-75 percent of suicides, 1989-1999, by […]

This study analyzed alcohol in fatalites in Hinds County, Mississippi (a dry county) compared to Contra Costa County, California (a wet county). Data on all unnatural deaths during a 1-year period among those 18 years & older were abstracted from county coroner’s files. 222 cases in Hinds County & 304 cases in Contra Costa County […]

The etiological & demographic characteristics of acute adult poisoning cases admitted to a university hospital in Tabriz, Iran were investigated. A retrospective study was performed on 1342 poisoning admissions during 2003-2005 by data collection from patient medical records. There was a predominance of female patients compared to male patients. A peak in cases in the […]

The authors calculated mortality rates of years of life lost because of unintentional injuries & suicides using community based information obtained prospectively from 1998-2004 in a rural & peri-urban population of 108,000 in south India. The rate of suicide was 82.2 per 100,000 population. Unintentional injuries & suicides resulted in 26.9% of total life years […]

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This presentation discussed the results of a study conducted to obtain a better understanding of the not met “cry for help” in the light of later self-destructive behaviour. 175 cases of suicidal poisonings made up the sample. The follow-up was done 5-6 years after the key attempt. 32% of participants had attempted suicide again, 7% […]

This publication examines the overlapping phenomena of injury & violence from a public health perspective. Worldwide, injuries account for about 1 in 8 male deaths & 1 in 14 female deaths. An estimated two-thirds of these fatalities are unintentional while the remaining one-third of fatal injuries are caused intentionally, including deaths by suicide. Suicide is […]

This presentation gave a preliminary report on the grief reactions of close relatives of young people who died in a hotel fire in Sweden. 12 families were contacted on the second day after the fire with follow-up semi-structured interviews scheduled for every second month during the first year. In addition, information about their reactions was […]

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This presentation discussed research on crisis theory. Results from a prospective interview investigation of relatives bereaved by a sudden &/or unexpected death in the Uppsala region were presented. The first ten cases were discussed & a preliminary interpretation of reactions during the first year of bereavement was offered.

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A manual & computer search of Alaska Native death certificates for firearm-related fatalities from 1990-1992 was conducted. During this 3-year period, 116 Alaska Natives lost their lives due to firearm injuries; 88 (76%) of these deaths were suicides. Data from this study indicates Alaska Native firearm victims are most at risk of dying by suicide […]

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