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Suicide in centenarians
— the international landscape | | Author(s) | Ajit Shah, Sofia Zarate-Escudero, Ravi Bhat |
| Journal title | International Psychogeriatrics, vol 26, no 10, October 2014 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, October 2014 |
| Pages | pp 1703-1708 |
| Source | www.journals.cambridge.org |
| Keywords | Centenarians ; Suicide ; Research ; International. |
| Annotation | Increased life expectancy worldwide has lead to an increase in the number of centenarians and their numbers are predicted to increase further. However little is known about suicide rates in this group. In the present study data on the number of suicides in centenarians of both genders for as many years as possible from 2000 were ascertained from three sources: colleagues, national statistics office websites and e-mail contact with the national statistics offices of as many countries as possible. The number of centenarians for the corresponding years was estimated for each country using data provided by the United Nations website. Data were available from 17 countries. The suicide rate was 57 per 100,000 person years in men and 6.8 per 100,000 person years in women. Suicide rates were sufficiently large amongst centenarians for there to constitute a public health concern given the anticipated rise in the centenarian population and the paucity of data on risk and protective factors for suicide in this age group. (JL) |
| Accession Number | CPA-150619235 A |
| Classmark | BBT: EV: 3A: 72 |
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