Suicide Statistics (IN: Suicide, Assessment and Intervention, ed. by C L Hatton and S M Valente)

This presentation about suicide statistics includes a lengthy discussion re: The use of the death certificate for statistical data gathering, as well as a brief treatment of the variables of sex, age, race, methods, seasonal patterns & rates. Problems, errors & taboos in reporting suicidal death are described & the need to review & revise data gathering is emphasized. (LH)