Citation

Windfuhr K, Bickley H, While D, Williams A, Hunt IM, Appleby L, Kapur N. Suicide Life Threat. Behav. 2010; 40(2): 151-158.

Affiliation

Centre for Suicide Prevention, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, American Association of Suicidology, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1521/suli.2010.40.2.151

PMID

20465350

Abstract

Little is known about the numbers and characteristics of people who travel away from home before dying by suicide. Therefore, this studied attempts to identify the sociodemographic characteristics, location, and method of suicide in people who died distant from home, in a national sample. Data were collected on all English suicides and a patient population; nonresident suicides resided in one Health Authority but died in a different one. Twelve percent of suicides were nonresident and features of these included: young age, social adversity, and severe mental illness. In conclusion, both individual- and area-based factors are likely to contribute to suicide away from home.

Language: en