Authors
Airi Värnik, Kairi Kõlves, Christina M van der Feltz-Cornelis, Andrej Marusic, Hogni Oskarsson, Ann Palmer, Thomas Reisch, Gert Scheerder, Ella Arensman, Esa Aromaa, Giancarlo Giupponi, Ricardo Gusmäo, Margaret Maxwell, Charles Pull, Andras Szekely, V Pérez Sola, Ulrich Hegerl
Publication date
2008/6/1
Journal
Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health
Volume
62
Issue
6
Pages
545-551
Publisher
BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
Description
Objective
To identify the most frequent gender-specific suicide methods in Europe.
Design
Proportions of seven predominant suicide methods utilised in 16 countries participating in the European Alliance Against Depression (EAAD) were reported in total and cross-nationally. Relative risk (RR) relating to suicide methods and gender was calculated. To group countries by pattern of suicide methods, hierarchical clustering was applied.
Setting and participants
Data on suicide methods for 119 122 male and 41 338 female cases in 2000–4/5 from 16 EAAD countries, covering 52% of European population were obtained.
Results
Hanging was the most prevalent suicide method among both males (54.3%) and females (35.6%). For males, hanging was followed by firearms (9.7%) and poisoning by drugs (8.6%); for females, by poisoning by drugs (24.7%) and jumping from a high place (14.5%). Only in Switzerland did …
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