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| Elderly suicide and weather conditions: is there a link? | | Author(s) | Emad Salib |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 12, no 9, September 1997 |
| Pages | pp 937-941 |
| Keywords | Suicide ; Weather conditions ; Correlation ; Warrington. |
| Annotation | Studies of the effect of meteorological factors on suicide have yielded inconclusive and often contradictory results. This may be due to a variety of methodological problems, including small numbers and variability in the definition of suicide. In this study, five-year data of deaths resulting from suicide (also open verdicts by coroners) in North Cheshire were analysed in relation to meteorological data (as measured at the nearest Met Office to the study population). Significant positive association was demonstrated between suicide in older people and hours of sunshine and relative humidity; these effects were independent of sex. Weather may influence suicide in older people, probably interacting with biological and social variables. The rate of reported suicide appears to be positively related to fine weather conditions, during early summer, and not to extreme weather conditions as previously reported. Method of death also appears to be also associated with weather conditions. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980827270 A |
| Classmark | EV: R4: 49: 8CHA |
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