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Nonresident Suicides in England: A National Study
Author(s) -
Windfuhr Kirsten,
Bickley Harriet,
While David,
Williams Alyson,
Hunt Isabelle M.,
Appleby Louis,
Kapur Navneet
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
suicide and life‐threatening behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.544
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1943-278X
pISSN - 0363-0234
DOI - 10.1521/suli.2010.40.2.151
Subject(s) - suicide prevention , demography , population , injury prevention , occupational safety and health , sample (material) , medicine , poison control , geography , medical emergency , psychiatry , environmental health , sociology , pathology , chemistry , chromatography
Little is known about the numbers and characteristics of people who travel away from home before dying by suicide. Therefore, this studied attempts to identify the sociodemographic characteristics, location, and method of suicide in people who died distant from home, in a national sample. Data were collected on all English suicides and a patient population; nonresident suicides resided in one Health Authority but died in a different one. Twelve percent of suicides were nonresident and features of these included: young age, social adversity, and severe mental illness. In conclusion, both individual‐ and area‐based factors are likely to contribute to suicide away from home.