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Citation

Burrows S, Laflamme L. Suicide Life Threat. Behav. 2005; 35(5): 592-603.

Affiliation

Karolinska Institutet, Department of Public Health Sciences, Division of Social Medicine, in Stockholm, Sweden.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2005, American Association of Suicidology, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1521/suli.2005.35.5.592

PMID

16268775

Abstract

In this study the importance of living area circumstances for suicide mortality was explored. Suicide mortality was assessed across race and sex groups in a South African city and the influence of area-based compositional and sociophysical characteristics on suicide risk was considered. Suicide mortality rates are highest among Whites, in particular White males. Main-and independent-dimensions of the living circumstances of residential areas (i.e., socioeconomic circumstances, economic need, and matrimony) influence age-adjusted suicide rates for both sexes but minimally so for race groups. Less favorable clusters of circumstances have a protective effect.

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