Resource Tag: INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS

Data on trauma exposure & subsequent first onset of suicidal behaviour were collected via structured interviews conducted in the households of 102,245 respondents in 21 countries. Bivariate & multivariate survival models tested the relationship between the type & number of traumatic events & subsequent suicidal behaviour. Sexual & interpersonal violence showed the strongest effects. A […]

Gender-related suicide & unemployment rates for 1964-1986 from 23 western countries were reviewed. A statistically significant correlation was found for both genders for 1974-1986 which saw major increases in suicide & unemployment in many western nations. As unemployment reached a critical level the statistical link with suicide became stronger. Major gender changes occurred, in particular […]

This paper reviews the literature on gunshot suicide in the United Kingdom & the international literature with reference to prevention strategies. Trends in gun ownership & changes in firearm legislation in the United Kingdom over the previous 20 years are described. Over the past 20 years, the number of gunshot suicides in the United Kingdom […]

The relationship between general population suicide rates & the prevalence of Internet users was examined in a cross-national study using data from the World Health Organization & the United Nations websites. The prevalence of Internet users was significantly & positively correlated with general population suicide rates in both genders. On multiple regression analysis the prevalence […]

This study documents a paradox: the happiest places have the highest suicide rates. The study combines findings from 2 large & rich individual-level data sets – one on life satisfaction & another on suicide deaths – to establish the paradox in a consistent way across American states. It replicates the finding in data on Western […]

Suicide rates for males & females in the age-bands 65-74 years & 75 & older were ascertained from the World Health Organization website for all the listed countries. Cross-national variations were examined by segregating different countries into 4 quartiles of elderly suicide rates. Suicide rates between males & females & between the 2 age-bands were […]

Durkheim’s nineteenth-century analysis of national suicide rates dismissed prior concerns about mortality data fidelity. Over the intervening century, evidence documenting various types of error in suicide data has only mounted & surprising levels of such error continue to be routinely uncovered. Yet the annual suicide rate remains the most widely used population-level suicide metric troday. […]

This report was prepared to highlight the state of suicide & suicide prevention in Australia with a view to developing a more effective national response. Discussion includes: introduction to suicide, attempted suicide, & self-inflicted harm; prevalence & consequences of suicide; personal experiences of services, stories of hope & survival; why people suicide & self-harm; what […]

This book includes the following chapters: 1) Emile Durkheim & the concept of anomie; 2) the meaning of suicidality; 3) epidemiological issues related to suicide & self-inflicted injuries; 4) the community approach & the need to develop safety promotion; 5) the “safe communities” model in suicide prevention; 6) Specific Example 1: Arjeplog, Sweden; 7) Specific […]

Low-income countries in Asia & the Pacific have the highest burden of suicide in the world. The distinctions between risk groups & suicide methods not only indicate the urgent need for suicide research & intervention, but also raise the question of whether strategies designed for populations in high-income countries are appropriate for developing countries & […]

This study investigated some features of suicides in the Trakya region of Turkey. During the 21-year period, January 1984-September 2004, there were 137 suicides autopsied. Suicides comprised 16.1% of all forensic autopsies. 27% of cases were between 21 & 30 years of age. Males constituted 78.1% of cases. Suicide rates in males showed an increase […]

This study investigated priorities in mental health among researchers & other stakeholders in low- & middle-income countries. A 2-stage design included identification, through literature searches & snowball technique, of researchers & stakeholders in 114 countries & a mail survey. The study identified broad agreement between researchers & stakeholders & across regions regarding research priorities. Depression/anxiety, […]

Linear regression was used to examine associations among infant homicide, homicide, & suicide in samples of regions in the United States & other countries. Infant homicide rates were significantly & independently associated in all analyses with both total homicide & total suicide rates. The epidemiological evidence supports the clinical observation that infant homicides are due […]

In ten nations from 1900 to 1988, birth rates were more consistently & more strongly associated with suicide rates than were marriage rates, confirming the results of a study in Bavaria by Wiedenmann & Weyerer. Countries examined included: England/Wales, Finland, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, & Switzerland. (5 refs.) JA

A computerised search of published literature on the suicide risk & influences on suicide among veterinarians, with comparison to the risk & influences in other occupational groups & in the general population, was used to develop a structured review. Veterinary surgeons have a proportional mortality ratio for suicide approximately 4 times that of the general […]

19 published studies on the potential benefits & risks of antidepressant treatment with respect to suicidal behaviours wre identified through literature searches. 8 studies found significant inverse correlations between rising sales of modern antidepressants in the 1990s & falling suicide rates not anticipated in the 1980s. Average reductions in suicide rates in the 1990s & […]

This review aimed to present studies of the prevalence of suicidal behaviour in immigrant youth in various countries & to provide possible explanations for suicidal behaviour in these youth, especially regarding acculturation. There are few studies & most of the research does not differentiate ethnic minorities from immigrants. The relation between immigration status & suicidal […]

This article investigates Kibwetere’s Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God. A brief summary of the Movement’s short history is followed by an outline of the movement’s main beliefs. This Ugandan cult’s sociohistoric context is analysed. The cult’s document, “A Timely Message”, is summarized & their relationship with a similar Marian movement […]

In this editorial, the author discusses the magnitude of suicide in the Western Pacific region. He welcomes increased awareness, asserting intellectual dialogue & debate is necessary if long-term differences in suicide & suicidal behaviours are to be made. Contact us for a copy of this article, or view online at https://www.spc.int/hdp/Documents/hdp_meeting/Pacific%20Health%20Dialog%208(1)_Suicide%20and%20Mental%20Health.pdf

The relationship between the national prevalence of smoking & suicide rates in both genders in the age bands 65-74 & 75+ years was examined using a one-year average of five years data on suicide rates. Data were gathered from the World Health Organization & the United Nations Development Programme. On univariate analysis, the national prevalence […]

This article examines the relationship between suicide & alcohol consumption across 98 different countries. Suicide & alcohol consumption rates were those calculated by the World Health Organization (2008 & 2004 databases). A simple correlation analysis was done & cross-national variations were shown in cartograms with the values of the standard deviation as class breaks. A […]

This cross-cultural study investigated whether religiosity assessed in 3 dimensions has a protective effect against attempted suicide. Community controls were more likely than suicide attempters to report religious denomination in Estonia & subjective religiosity in 4 countries; Brazil, Estonia, Islamic Republic of Iran, & Sri Lanka. In South Africa, the effect was exceptional both for […]

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