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An Ecologic Study of Parasuicide in Edmonton and Calgary

Author(s) -

Stephen C. Newman,

Heather Stuart

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

the canadian journal of psychiatry

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.68

H-Index - 117

eISSN - 1497-0015

pISSN - 0706-7437

DOI - 10.1177/070674370505000508

Subject(s) - parasuicide , poisson regression , demography , public health , ecological study , medicine , poison control , injury prevention , geography , gerontology , environmental health , suicide attempt , population , sociology , nursing

From 1986 to 1999, the suicide rate in the Edmonton Regional Health Authority (RHA) was greater than that in the Calgary RHA (mean rate ratio 1.4). We conducted a study to determine whether a similar relation holds for parasuicide, and if so, whether the pattern can be explained at the ecologic level by sociodemographic factors.

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