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Differences in suicide behaviour in the elderly
— a study in two provinces of Northern Italy | | Author(s) | P Zeppegno, E Manzetti, R Valsesia |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 20, no 8, August 2005 |
| Pages | pp 769-775 |
| Source | http://www.interscience.wiley.com |
| Keywords | Suicide ; Death rate [statistics] ; Longitudinal surveys ; Italy. |
| Annotation | Information was collected on suicides of people aged 60+ in the Italian provinces of Novara and Verbania from January 1990 and December 2000, to evaluate whether there is any correlation between characteristics of suicide behaviour to place of residence, with particular attention to psychosocial factors. Standardised Mortality Ratios (SMRs) were calculated, to compare with average suicide rates in North West Italy in the same period and in the same age group. 184 suicides were committed in the age group in the two regions, with an average rate of 14.07 per 100,000 inhabitants in Novara and 25.56 in Verbania. The most common methods of suicide were hanging and jumping from a height. The factors chiefly related to suicide were mental disease, followed by organic illness. The analysis of SMRs point out that the incidence of suicide in the province of Verbania is higher than in North west Italy, while in Novara it is lower. The evaluation of suicide risk in older people in a diagnostic and preventative framework must take into consideration the psychosocial factors that vary with the place of residence. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-050906219 A |
| Classmark | EV: S5: 3J: 76V |
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