Authors
Airi Värnik, Kairi Kõlves, Jüri Allik, Ella Arensman, Esa Aromaa, Chantal Van Audenhove, Jean-Hervé Bouleau, Christina M van der Feltz-Cornelis, Giancarlo Giupponi, Ricardo Gusmão, Maria Kopp, Andrej Marusic, Margaret Maxwell, Högni Óskarsson, Ann Palmer, Charles Pull, Anu Realo, Thomas Reisch, Armin Schmidtke, Victor Pérez Sola, Lisa Wittenburg, Ulrich Hegerl
Publication date
2009/3/1
Journal
Journal of affective disorders
Volume
113
Issue
3
Pages
216-226
Publisher
Elsevier
Description
BACKGROUND
No recent cross-country examinations for youth suicide trends and methods for Europe were found.
AIM
The aim of the study is to specify differences in suicide rates, trends and methods used among 15–24 years olds by gender across 15 European countries.
METHOD
Data for 14,738 suicide cases in the age group 15–24 in 2000–2004/5 were obtained and analysed.
RESULTS
Suicide rates ranged 5.5–35.1 for males and 1.3–8.5 for females. Statistically significant decline since 2000 was observed in Germany, Scotland, Spain, and England for males and in Ireland for females. Hanging was most frequently used for both genders, followed by jumping and use of a moving object for males and jumping and poisoning by drugs for females. Male suicides had a higher risk than females of using firearms and hanging and lower risk of poisoning by drugs and jumping. There were large differences …
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