Citation

Abed RT, Baker I. Int. J. Psychiatry Clin. Prac. 1998; 2(3): 209-214.

Affiliation

Consultant Psychiatrist, UK.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1998, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.3109/13651509809115358

PMID

24940979

Abstract

Data on suicide and undetermined deaths were collected for the Rotherham Health District in South Yorkshire, United Kingdom, for a ten-year period from the Coroner's Office and the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys (OPCS). Certain discrepancies were detected. These included a delay in the recording of deaths by the OPCS, the selective inclusion of coroner's open verdict deaths, and the inclusion within the suicide figures of some deaths found later to be caused through homicide, as well as other minor inaccuracies. The reasons for the differences in the two sets of data and the implications for the accuracy of suicide statistics both nationally and locally are briefly discussed.

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