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Suicide in the Canary Islands, 1977–1983
Author(s) -
RodriguezPulido F.,
Sierra A.,
Gracia R.,
Doreste J.,
Delgado S.,
GonzálezRivera J. L.
Publication year - 1991
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.1600-0447.1991.tb03187.x
Subject(s) - suicide rates , demography , suicide prevention , poison control , occupational safety and health , injury prevention , psychology , human factors and ergonomics , geography , medical emergency , medicine , sociology , pathology
We studied suicide in the Canary Islands between 1977 and 1983 and found 775 cases, twice the official number of 381. This indicates the lack of validity and reliability of official figures for suicide in Spain today. The figures reveal an upward trend in the Canary Islands, with the annual rate of 6.81 per 100,000 in 1977 having increased to 10.64 per 100,000 in 1983. There were no significant differences in the frequency of suicide according to season, month or day of the week.