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| Recent trends in elderly suicide rates in England and Wales | | Author(s) | Kate Hoxey, Ajit Shah |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 15, no 3, March 2000 |
| Pages | pp 274-279 |
| Keywords | Suicide ; Death rate [statistics] ; England ; Wales. |
| Annotation | The proportion of older people in the population is increasing, and suicide rates increase with age. This study examined the following in England and Wales: recent trends in the older suicide rate; recent trends in method-specific suicide rates of older people; the relationship between older population size and older suicide rate in recent years; and the sex difference in overall and method-specific older suicide rate. Data on the various suicide variables were obtained from annually published mortality data for 1985 to 1996. Findings indicate a trend towards decline in the overall pure and combined suicide rates for older men and women over the 12 year study period; and the main contributors due to this decline are suicides due to: poisoning by solids and liquid substances (E950); hanging, strangulation and suffocation (E953); drowning (E954); firearms and explosives (E955); and jumping from high places (E957). Overall pure and combined suicide rates and that for most categories was higher in men than women; suicide rates decreased with an increase in the older population size. The challenge is to ensure further decline in suicide rates to meet the "Our healthier nation" targets. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000502020 A |
| Classmark | EV: S5: 82: 9 |
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