Urban–rural differences in suicide trends in young adults: England and Wales, 1981–1998

Middleton, Nicos; Gunnell, David; Frankel, Stephen; Whitley, Elise; Dorling, Daniel

doi:10.1016/s0277-9536(02)00496-3

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“…While season is one variable influencing suicide rates others have also been identified includg age (Bertelote and Fleischmann 2002), gender (Canetto and Sakinofsky 1998), residence (Middleton et al 2003) and marital status (Yip and Thorburn 2004). It is notable that many of the studies which have examined seasonality have considered it as a single variable rather than as one of many that might influence the suicide rate (Ho et al 1997;Yip et al 1998) although some studies have controlled for age and gender in the analysis (Corcoran et al 2004) or have stratified the data by age and gender for analysis (Preti and Miotto 1998).…”

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Seasonal and socio-demographic predictors of suicide in Ireland: A 22year study

Casey¹,

Gemmell²,

Hiroeh³

et al. 2012

Journal of Affective Disorders

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Seasonal and socio-demographic predictors of suicide in Ireland: A 22year study

Casey¹,

Gemmell²,

Hiroeh³

et al. 2012

Journal of Affective Disorders

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“…Substantial geographic and temporal variation in suicide rates (Liu KY, 2009, Judd, Cooper, Fraser, & Davis, 2006; Middleton, Gunnell, Frankel, Whitley, & Dorling, 2003; Taylor, Page, Morrell, Harrison, & Carter, 2005) cannot be fully explained by varying rates of mental illnesses and different patterns of other frequently reported risk factors (Moscicki, 1997; Phillips et al, 2002b). Another important component in the complex causal network for suicide is the normative cultural attitudes about suicide, which vary by community, by population cohort, and over time (Salander-Renberg, et al, 2008; Goldsmith et al, 2002).…”

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The Acceptability of Suicide Among Rural Residents, Urban Residents, and College Students from Three Locations in China

Phillips

2010

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Background Community attitudes about suicide and their relationship to suicidal behavior have not been adequately investigated in low- and middle-income countries. Aims Compare acceptability of suicide in different population cohorts in China, identify factors that affect the degree of acceptability, and assess the relationship of cohort-specific acceptability of suicide and suicide rates. Methods A multi-stage stratified random sample of 608 rural residents, 582 urban residents and 629 college students were administered a 25-item scale in which respondents stated the likelihood they would consider suicide (on a 5-point Likert scale) if they experienced a variety of stressors ranging from ‘being disciplined at work’ to ‘developing a chronic mental illness’. The internal consistency and test-retest reliability for the scale are excellent (Cronbach’s α =0.92, ICC=0.75). Results College students had the most permissive attitudes about suicide and urban residents were significantly more accepting of suicide as a response to serious life stressors than rural residents. Multivariate analysis found that the overall acceptability score was higher in women, decreased with age, and increased with years of education. Conclusions There was no clear relationship between cohort-specific acceptance of suicide and reported rates of suicide, highlighting the complexity of the relationship between attitudes about suicide (of which acceptability is only one component) and suicidal behavior.

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“…This finding is in contrast with results from developed and developing countries. [40][41][42] Moreover, the specific age-, gender-, and occupation-patterns reported here can be linked to issues related to studies, marriage, service and other life settlement factors. A detailed evaluation of the circumstances suggests that issues related to studies, marriage, service/occupation and other life settlement factors were responsible for this kind of poisoning pattern in this region.…”

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Prospective Assessment of Patterns, Severity and Clinical Outcome of Indian Poisoning Incidents

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The objective of this study was to assess the patterns, severity and clinical outcome of poisoning incidents. A prospective assessment was conducted over a period of 1 year in tertiary-care teaching hospitals. Glasgow coma scale (GCS), poisoning severity score (PSS), and snake bite severity score (SSS) were used to predict the severity of poisoning, and then compared to the clinical outcome. The study involved 212 patients with a mean age of 26.7 12.7 years. Pesticides were found to be the most common poisoning agents. The incidents of intentional poisoning (n 178) were higher than accidental (n 34) poisoning. Poisoning incidents were higher in male population (n 132) compared to female population (n 80). The poisoning incidents were predominantly higher among literates (n 155). The poisoning incidents were higher in rural areas (n 129), followed by urban (n 53) and semi-urban (n 30) areas. The poisoning incidents were highest in the middle class population (n 108), followed by poor class (n 101) and rich class (n 3) population. A majority of patients whose severity of illness was predicted to be mild to moderate recovered from the poisoning. In contrast, patients whose illness was predicted to be severe were either discharged with severe morbidity or deceased. There was a moderate correlation between GCS and PSS scoring systems (r 0.51, p<0.001).

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Urban–rural differences in suicide trends in young adults: England and Wales, 1981–1998

Cited by 124 publications

References 25 publications

Seasonal and socio-demographic predictors of suicide in Ireland: A 22year study

Seasonal and socio-demographic predictors of suicide in Ireland: A 22year study

The Acceptability of Suicide Among Rural Residents, Urban Residents, and College Students from Three Locations in China

Prospective Assessment of Patterns, Severity and Clinical Outcome of Indian Poisoning Incidents

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