A study of suicides in Kildare, 1995–2002

McGovern, C.; Cusack, Denis A

doi:10.1016/j.jcfm.2004.04.015

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“…It was found that official figures closely resembled clinical estimates and concluded that the reported increase in suicide over that period was real. A later study conducted by different authors in the same county broadly concurred with these earlier finding [7]. It therefore appears that underreporting in Ireland does not appear to impact suicide statistics to any great extent.…”

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confidence: 72%

A comparison of suicide rates between older adults in Ireland and the UK: 1975–2005

Power¹,

Brophy

2008

Ir J Med Sci

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Section: Methodssupporting

confidence: 72%

A comparison of suicide rates between older adults in Ireland and the UK: 1975–2005

Power¹,

Brophy

2008

Ir J Med Sci

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“…Although many papers (Jegesy et al, 1995;Lecomte and Fornes, 1998;Magne-Ingvar and Ojehagen, 1999;Jenkins, 2001;Agerbo et al, 2002;Phillips et al, 2002;Qin et al, 2002;Wirthwein et al, 2002;Kung et al, 2003;Perret et al, 2003;Pottinger et al, 2003;Qin et al, 2003;McGovern and Cusack, 2004;Salib et al, 2005;Vougiouklakis et al, 2005) regarding suicide have been published, few showed detailed analyses of the causative factors and backgrounds. We focused attention in the present paper on the analyses of these factors in order to elucidate the causes of the rapid increase in suicide in Japan.…”

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confidence: 99%

Underlying Factors for the Rapid Increase of Suicide in Mie Prefecture, Japan

Inoue

Abe²,

Okazaki³

et al. 2005

Med Sci Law

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The number of suicides in Japan increased from about 22,000 per year during the period 1988 to 1997 to over 30,000 since 1998. The number of suicides has also been increasing in Mie Prefecture. In the present study we examined the incidence and the circumstances for all suicidal cases during the seven-year period, 1996-2002, that were reported to Mie Prefectural Police Headquarters. In Mie Prefecture, the number of suicides per year averaged 421 cases: from a minimum of 319 in 1997 to a maximum of 501 in 1998. The most frequent month for suicides was July, while the lowest number occurred in February. Suicide was most common in the 50-59 year age group in men, and in the 70-79 year group in women. Regarding the means of suicide, hanging was the most frequent (61.6%) in both sexes. Psychiatric disorders were the most serious causative factors in all generations, accounting for 23.8% in general but being especially prevalent in the younger generation of people under 39 years. Further reasons for suicide were economic problems for the 40-64 age-group in men and suffering from illness for the elderly age-groups in both sexes. In order to prevent suicide, urgent strategies for effective medical treatments and improved working circumstances are required.

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“…Comparisons were then made between this study and the Kildare study. 5 The Kildare study was an 8-year study spanning 1995-2002 and included 109 suicide cases. The method of data collection in the Kildare study differed from this study.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…A statistical analysis was performed on suicide data for the Londonderry area over the period of January 2000-December 2005. The data were statistically analysed and findings were compared with those from a similar study in Kildare, from 1995 to 2002 by McGovern et al 5 For the purposes of direct comparison, the data were analysed using the same statistical methods as those used in the Kildare study.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%