Resource Tag: SEASONAL INFLUENCES

This study investigated the interaction between season-of-birth & the seasonality of suicide. 2923 adult suicides & 33,321 deliberate self-harm hospitalizations in Western Australia were examined. A variable population at risk approach was used to determine season-of-birth. Seasonality was established by spectral analysis. Deliberate self-harm had a significant season-of-birth & seasonality occurrence, both peaking in spring. […]

This study analyzed the association of gender with seasonality in suicide attempts by persons living in 2 northern Bavarian regions between 2000-2004. The sample consisted of 2269 attempters (882 males & 1387 females). Overall distribution of attempts different significantly between seasons for women but not for men. Females showed a trough in the spring that […]

This study explored the association between the suicide rate & the unemployment rate in Taiwan. All 74,064 suicides by those aged 15 & older during 1978-2006 were included. Time series models were used to analyze the monthly age-standardized suicide rate by gender & age subgroup. The association between age-standardized suicide & the unemployment rate was […]

To see whether astrological birth signs are associated with suicide & the method used, data was collected on verdicts of suicide & open verdicts between 1989-2000 from the Public Health Department in North Cheshire. The observed occurrence of deaths due to natural causes & suicide, in relation to birth signs, did not differ significantly from […]

This study determined the risk factors associated with suicide rates & the investigation of time trends in the deprived region of Epirus in north-west Greece. The suicide rate was found to be 2.65 per 100,000 population. There was a significant rising trend of male suicides in the 35-44 & 65-74 age groups. Three out of […]

This study examined the association of temporal factors, in particular days of the week & seasons of the year, & suicides in the United States. Data, 2000-2004, were pooled from the Multiple Cause of Death Files. Hierarchical logistic regression models were fitted to all suicides. The incidence of suicide was significantly higher on Wednesdays, compared […]

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This study analyzed meteorological conditions at the time of attempted or completed suicides & examined the possible link between the changes of meteorological factors & the frequency of suicidal behaviour in the Mostar region, Bosnia. Results showed meteorological factors of the days with suicidal behaviour were similar to the day prior, but there was a […]

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This survey analyzed suicide in Kosova for the period 2000-2008, focusing on 2007-2008. For the year 2000, there was an increase of 122 percent in suicide cases compared to 1983. After 2005, a slight decrease in suicides was noted. Suicides were significantly more prevalent in males than females in both 2007 & 2008. Most suicides […]

This book includes the following chapters: Suicide as a gauge for the times: the nineteenth century; Epistemic communities and the suicide problem: the twentieth century; Bearings on a temporal compass: rates, seasons, cohorts, and motives; Work and troubles: men and motives; Sorrows and burdens: women and motives; What becomes of the broken-hearted? Intentions, decisions, and […]

In order to disaggregate place of birth from place of residence, the authors examined general & seasonal risk factors for deliberate self-harm in 3 different population birth groups living in Western Australia: Australian Aborigines, Australian born non-Aborigines, & United Kingdom migrants. It was found Aborigines are at much higher general risk for deliberate self-harm than […]

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The aim of this study was to ascertain suicide seasonality in the Greek population & to associate this seasonal variation with age, gender, & suicide method. The deaths caused by violent suicide (not self-poisoning) were studied. Statistically significant suicide seasonality was established with a peak in May. This seasonal variation is attributed mainly to males. […]

A spring peak for 52,533 suicides in 1930-1938 was found in Hungary. This peak was stronger in rural regions than in urban regions. (3 refs.)

115 French-Canadian male suicide victims were evaluated for DSM-IV psychiatric disorders using proxy-based diagnostic interviews. Subjects were assessed for seasonal differences in the prevalence of DSM-IV psychiatric diagnoses just before their deaths. Diagnoses of major depressive disorder without comorbid cluster B personality disorders, & schizophrenia were differently distributed between seasons. Most subjects with major depressive […]

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The authors modeled monthly data on suicide & climatic conditions in Switzerland. Cross-correlations between the filtered residual series were calculated for the period 1881-2000, for consecutive 30-year periods, for different suicide methods, & with regard to the seasonality hypothesis, for series relying on moving 1- & 3-month frames. Positive cross-correlations emerged between suicide & temperature […]

Data from Italy were investigated to evaluate the influence of recent social & medicine-related changes on the seasonality of suicides in the country. A total of 71,227 male suicides & 26,466 female suicides occurring in Italy from 1974-2003 were investigated with harmonic spectral analysis to extract their monthly seasonal dispersion by 5-year intervals. Suicide rates […]