@article{ref1,
title="New Zealand suicides 1984-8",
journal="New Zealand medical journal",
year="1992",
author="Thomas, C. S. and Read, D. A. and Mellsop, G. W.",
volume="105",
number="936",
pages="231-233",
abstract="AIMS: to determine regional differences in suicide with special attention to inpatients and prisoners. METHODS: all cases of suicide 1984-8 were identified from coroners' register and age, sex, method of suicide, date of death, place of inquest, occupation and prisoner or inpatient status were recorded. RESULTS: between 1984 and 1988 there were 2019 suicides. Subjects were usually male and hanging was the commonest method of achieving death. Northland-Auckland had the highest regional suicide rate and the highest prison suicide rate; and Wellington-Wairarapa had the lowest regional suicide rate, the lowest prison suicide rate but the highest inpatient suicide rate of the five regions studied. CONCLUSIONS: the high regional and prison rates of suicide in Northland-Auckland were probably because the largest city in New Zealand lies within its boundaries. The high inpatient suicide rate in Wellington-Wairarapa could not be explained by the regional rate, nor by controlling for the number of admissions. This pointed to regional differences in the delivery of psychiatric care.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0028-8446",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}