Resource Tag: DEMOGRAPHY

Published in “Back to the Future: Refocusing the Image of Suicide,” ed. by J L McIntosh

A study of the correlates of measures of domestic integration with suicide rates over the provinces of Canada revealed a striking change from 1970 to 1990. In the 1970s, birth rates were negatively associated with suicide rates, while in the 1980s birth rates were positively associated with suicide rates. Reasons for this change are discussed. […]

Using data from 21 developed countries from 1955 to 1994, male & female age-standardized suicide rates are examined in light of the level of divorce & religiosity. Results show that the level of divorce differentially impacts the association between divorce rates & female suicide rates while the level of religiosity differentially impacts the association between […]

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Data from an earlier study by L Fortier et al. (1989) were reanalysed using multiple regression. While birth & divorce rates were significantly associated with both male & female suicide rates, unemployment rates & cirrhosis death rates were associated only with male suicide rates. (2 refs)

This document briefly reports that correlations between the suicide & birth rates in Canadian provinces from 1970 to 1990, estimated using 3 different methods (over time, over space, & mixed), were small but negative. (3 refs)

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This report looks at ways to strengthen the opportunities & mitigate negative impacts of the Ekati Diamond Project currently underway in the Northwest Territories. It incorporates data on 14 indicators for health & wellness (including rates of suicide) with data collected in attitudinal surveys of mine employees, in order to monitor & assess the impact […]

This chapter discusses the role of firearms in the incidence of suicide in the United States. The statistical associations between firearms & suicide rates are presented. Factors affecting the choice of guns for suicide are explored. Restricting the availability of firearms as a means of reducing the suicide rate is also discussed. (32 refs)

This study provides further evidence for the prinicple that ecological areas characterized by rapid change & social economic disparities experience above average rates of suicide. Data for the 24 Census Metropolitan Area (CMAs) in Canada are examined. A number of hypotheses drawn from the ecological literature are developed & evaluated with the use of multiple […]

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This article is targeted towards any person doing research on suicide rates in police custody or juvenile detention. This article begins with a definition of what entails a death in custody, & then examines death rates in custody. The article then breaks down the death rates in terms of aboriginal versus non-aboriginal deaths in Australia. […]

This article examines the proposition of a nonzero natural rate of suicide (Lang & Lester, 1991) in the United States. The proposition is examined with time-series analysis & cross-sectional data of state suicide rates & socioeconomic factors over the 1985-1995 time period. Statistical allowances were made as a control mechanism for the majority of observed […]

Drawing on Durkheim’s theory of social integration, this discussion reports on findings from a pooled time-series analysis of states’ spending for public welfare & their suicide rates. The major hypothesis was that states’ suicide rates would increase with decreases in per capita spending for public welfare. It was found that suicide rates increased in states […]

See SIEC #2003-0509 for reference to full report.

This report analyzed suicide in the Northwest Territories & Nunavut. Data from a suicide database from 1981 to 1990 & coroner’s reports of 78 individuals who died by suicide from 1994 to 1996 were analyzed. The suicide rate for Inuit in this area is 79/100,000 (6 times the national average). The authors conclude that persons […]

This article examined which states had higher rates of suicide & homicide for American Indians, & whether these rates were associated with indices of social integration. Based on official government statistics from 48 contiguous, continental states in 1980, the author concluded that poorer/less urban states had higher suicide rates & states with greater social instability […]

In a study of a sample of 150 deliberate self-harm patients who were representative of all such patients seen at a general hospital during the study period, 40 patients with an ICD-10 diagnosis of alcohol dependence or harmful use of alcohol were compared with the remainder of the sample. The treatment of the patients with […]

This retrospective study characterizes the suicidal behaviour in 119 patients with Axis I adjustment disorders as assessed by psychiatrists at the University of Virginia Hospital. Results indicated 72 patients had documented suicide attempts in the past, 96% had been suicidal during their admission to the hospital, & 50% had attempted suicide before their hospitalization. Adjustment […]

This study investigates the relationship between the number of suicidal communications prior to an attempt & the lethality of the attempt in a sample of adolescent youth in a residential treatment facility. The sample consisted of 46 youth who had attempted suicide while in a large group home residential facility over a 9-year period. Attempters […]