Open AccessSocioeconomic indices and suicide rate in Queensland
Author(s) -
Cantor Christopher H.,
Slater Penelope J.,
Najman Jake M.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
australian journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.946
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1753-6405
pISSN - 1035-7319
DOI - 10.1111/j.1753-6405.1995.tb00397.x
Subject(s) - socioeconomic status , disadvantaged , demography , suicide rates , suicide prevention , poison control , unemployment , injury prevention , medicine , human factors and ergonomics , occupational safety and health , environmental health , gerontology , population , sociology , pathology , political science , law , economics , economic growth
Suicides identified from a suicide register were classified according to socioeconomic indices of statistical local areas. Suicide rates were correlated with socioeconomic disadvantage, as measured by the proportion of persons of low income, low education and high unemployment living in an area. Suicide rates were inversely related to the proportion of families on high income, who owned their homes and who had large houses. Suicide rates of older people (55 years and over) were least influenced by these factors. For females, only the most disadvantaged areas had higher suicide rates. In other age and sex groupings, relationships were mostly linear.