Resource Tag: ACCURACY

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Trends in adolescent (15-19 years) suicide rates from 1979-1996 were compared with suicide trends in individuals 20 years & over in 30 countries & with trends in rates of deaths due to undetermined causes in adolescents in 17 countries of the World Health Organization European Region. In 21 of the 30 countries, male adolescent suicide […]

Although life expectancy in Brazil has increased, suicide & other forms of injury-related mortality, such as homicide & accident, have increased as a proportion of overall mortality. The suicide rate in Brazil is not considered high in global terms but it has followed the world tendency towards growth; from 1980-2000, the suicide rate in Brazil […]

In this presentation, the author discussed the test of a hypothesis that the female/male parasuicide ratio might be a reflection of the difference in use of services rather than a typical parasuicide phenomenon. An inpatient case register in The Netherlands provided the data. Rates of admission for attempted suicide with & without correction for difference […]

This presentation reviewed the epidemiology of suicide in Switzerland for the period 1877-1977. Information was provided on changes by age group and changes in methods. A noticeable fluctuation was delineated in the rates of non-Swiss populations, although this finding was provisional pending final official statistics.

This presentation discussed the epidemiology of attempted suicide in Cairo, Egypt. A crude suicide attempt rate for 1975 was calculated to be 38.5 per 100,000 population. A high percentage of suicides occurred in the age range 15-44 years. The accuracy of official government records was questioned.

This presentation examined four hypotheses put forward to account for the changes in reported suicide rates in various European countries. The starting point for the study was a substantial fall (36%) in rates in England & Wales between 1961-1963 & 1972-1974. Three results from a comparative epidemiological study were discussed.

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This workshop was for medical examiners & other forensic professionals & was intended to provide criteria towards the determination of verdicts of suicide.

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The objective of this monograph is to provide producers & users of death statistics with a practical tool to help study deaths related to suicide. Recommendations are also made for improvements in the collection & analysis of data. (23 refs.)

Emergency department data may underestimate deliberate self-harm if some records that are coded “undetermined” actually represent deliberate self-harm. Data from the National Ambulatory Care Reporting System were utilized. A total of 24,437 Ontario emergency department records for 2001/2002 coded deliberate self-harm or undetermined were analyzed. For every two emergency department presentations coded deliberate self-harm, another […]

The aim of this essay is to present an overview of some of the topics & issues which are present in the interaction of suicide & culture. Topics discussed include: societal & cultural suicide rates; culture & the individual suicide; the impact of a changing culture; the assumption of cultural invariability; subcultures; gender, class, & […]

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In this letter to the editor, Salib & Tadros comment on an earlier study by Yip & Liu (2006) on suicide in China where females rates are higher than those among males. Salib & Tadros note this reversal of usual gender patterns is also seen in some communities in India & among immigrants from the […]

In this letter to the editor, Isacsson comments on a previous study by Reseland et al (2006) on suicide & the use of antidepressants in the four Nordic countries. Isacssson notes the classification of deaths was changed in 1969 with the introduction of the category of uncertain cause of death in ICD-8 &, therefore, some […]

The author of this article asserts better data gathering can help not only identify those at risk of suicide more effectively but also connect these individuals with the necessary preventive services. The National Violent Death Reporting System in the United States is discussed as a program that can be used to develop effective prevention policies […]

This paper aims to examine the literature on the incidence of suicide with special attention to that of adolescents in Aboriginal communities in Canada, review factors hypothesized to place Aboriginals at risk, & explore research directions that would contribute to our understanding of an Aboriginal perspective of suicide. It is concluded a clear description of […]

The existence of lunar influence on the frequency of suicide was tested by means of a permutation test. A total of 897 suicides reported by the Anatomical Forensic Institute of Madrid were analyzed by a permutation test, a direct application of Fisher’s ideas. Noteworthy in this study were the testing method used & the accuracy […]

This article reviews the theoretical approaches to the use of official suicide statistics, a description of the data basis, principles, & rules underlying Norwegian cause-of-death statistics, & a discussion of the reliability & comparability of the statistics. (7 refs.)