Year: 1983 Source: Omega, v.14, no.3, (1983-1984), p.201-209 SIEC No: 19840251

The Golden Gate Bridge is currently the number 1 suicide site in the world. In contrast, the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, which was completed 6 months earlier, is located less than 6 miles away, & is the same height, has had substantially fewer suicides. The purpose of this study is to describe & analyze the differential suicide patterns at these 2 structures.