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Effect of availability and acceptability of lethal instruments on suicide mortality AN ANALYSIS OF SOME INTERNATIONAL DATA
Author(s) -
Farmer R.,
Rohde J.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1980.tb00632.x
Subject(s) - suicide prevention , demography , injury prevention , poison control , suicide rates , human factors and ergonomics , mortality rate , occupational safety and health , medicine , environmental health , psychology , medical emergency , sociology , pathology
Suicide mortality in the 5 years 1969–73 in 11 countries is examined in relation to the methods used. Some countries have substantially high suicide rates for each method, others have increased mortality for certain specific methods. In this latter group it is suggested that some of the variations in total suicide mortality can be explained by variations in either the availability or the acceptability of certain specific instruments for causing death, particularly domestic gas, firearms and hanging.