Resource Tag: DROWNING

This is a news item from People’s Daily, Mar. 3, 1988, about suicide in China. The commonest method, according to the article, is by drowning or “… jumping into the Huang Pu”, as it is referred to by the Chinese. A total of 242 attempted in 1987; 146 were successful. Contributing factors in 70% of […]

A review of research on the classification & counting of deaths reveals little hard evidence supporting claims that suicides are seriously underreported in the U.S. An analysis of detailed cause-of-death mortality data indicates that the maximum likely undercount possible, using generous assumptions concerning misclassification frequency, was about 26% for 1980, & if compensating overcounts are […]

Presents a retrospective survey of fatalities in the bath in Belgium from 1934-83. Detailed findings are given as to cause of death, 20% of which were due to suicide. 22 refs. (LH)

This paper provides statistics on native deaths by violence in Canada in 1977. Data on suicide, motor vehicle accidents, falls, fires, accidental poisoning, exposure, drowning & firearms are included & compared to general Candian rates. Information for natives is also broken down by gender & region. Available from Health and Welfare Canada, Ottawa, K1A 1B4. […]

John L. Storm, a former Roman Catholic monsignor, committed suicide by drowning at the age of 56. A popular cleric & president of the University of San Diego College for Men, he left the university following a period of conflict between himself & bishop Charles Buddy, an “old-line” Catholic. By 1968, he quit the priesthood […]

On analysing death registers of Finnish seafarers, 117 cases of suicide were found among active professional males in the years 1965-77. The suicide rate of the officers was similar to that of occupationally active males in the general population, while the suicide rate of the crew was 2.5 times higher. Many of the men who […]

This study investigates deaths by drowning in the Auckland Coronial District over an 8-year period. 31 males & 29 females committed suicide by drowning. There was one homicide & 14 cases where it was unclear as to whether drowning was accidental or suicidal. (NBB)

This study investigated the circumstances of death in all bodies recovered in a section of the River Thames from 1956 to 1959. Issues of identification, post-mortem findings, & time in the water are discussed. Evidence (such as suicide notes & terminal illness diagnoses) is presented indicating that these deaths were the result of suicide. Comments […]

This case study describes a suicide by carbon dioxide inhalation. A biography is presented about the 24 year old white male, as well as a description of the life events that immediately preceded it. The forensic psychology report indicates that there were no known previous suicidal gestures. A comment on carbon dioxide inhalation as a […]

A case of suicide of a patient with Parkinson’s disease who had been treated with L-Dopa is reported. It is suggested that patients receiving L-Dopa should have careful base line evaluation of mental status and extreme caution should be used where there is preexisting psychiatric illness. Periodic reassessment of the mental state is in order […]