Open AccessA replication of the relationship between elderly suicides rates and elderly defendency ratios: cross-national study
Author(s) -
Ajit Shah
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of injury and violence research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2008-4072
pISSN - 2008-2053
DOI - 10.5249/jivr.v2i1.53
Subject(s) - elderly people , demography , suicide prevention , medicine , injury prevention , poison control , gerontology , occupational safety and health , suicide rates , medical emergency , pathology , sociology
A positive correlation between elderly dependency ratios and elderly suicide rates has been observed using one-year cross-sectional data on elderly suicide rates.