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Citation |
Chung KH, Lin HC. Suicide Life Threat. Behav. 2010; 40(2): 107-114. |
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Affiliation |
Department of Psychiatry, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan. |
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Copyright |
(Copyright © 2010, American Association of Suicidology, Publisher John Wiley and Sons) |
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20465345 |
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Abstract |
A 3-year nationwide population-based data set was used to explore methods of suicide (violent vs. nonviolent) and possible contributing factors among cancer patients in Taiwan. A total of 1,065 cancer inpatients who committed suicide were included as our study sample. The regression shows that those who had genitourinary cancer were 0.55 times (p = 0.047) less likely to use violent methods to commit suicide than those who had respiratory cancer. Among those who committed suicide out of town, the odds of using violent methods were 1.39 (p = 0.015) of their counterparts who had committed suicide in their hometowns. Those who had income between NT$15,841~NT$25,000 were 0.70 (p = 0.042) times less likely to use violent methods to commit suicide than those who had no income. Language: en |