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Effects on age and gender on elderly suicide rates in Catholic and Orthodox countries — an inadvertent neglect?
Author(s)	Colin Pritchard, David Baldwin
Journal title	International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 15, no 10, October 2000
Pages	pp 904-910
Keywords	Suicide ; Death rate [statistics] ; Spiritual characteristics [elderly] ; Roman Catholicism ; Orthodox Church ; International.
Annotation	When compared to suicide rates in the general population, it may be expected that suicide rates in older people would be lower in Catholic and Orthodox societies than in non-Catholic or non-Orthodox countries because of religious affiliations and extended family traditions. National suicide rates in the general population were compared with rates in the sub-population of those aged over 75. Proportionately, there are significantly higher suicide rates in older men in Catholic and Orthodox countries, with a trend for similar findings among women. There may be important implications on health and social policy and clinical practice in the efforts to reduce suicide rates among older people. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-001107215 A
Classmark	EV: S5: EX: TSA: TSC: 72
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