@article{ref1,
title="Suicide in Australia: meta-analysis of rates and methods of suicide between 1988 and 2007",
journal="Medical journal of Australia",
year="2010",
author="Large, Matthew M. and Nielssen, Olav B.",
volume="192",
number="8",
pages="432-437",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To examine the changes in rates of methods of suicide in Australian states and territories between 1988 and 2007. DESIGN AND SETTING: Meta-analysis of suicide mortality rates and suicide methods (hanging, shooting, gassing, poisoning, jumping from a height, drowning, use of a sharp implement) for males and females in Australian states and territories in the decades 1988-1997 and 1998-2007. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Changes in use of suicide methods from 1988 to 2007; changes in the overall suicide rates and in rates for each method of suicide in Australian states and territories between 1988-1997 and 1998-2007. RESULTS: There was a decline in rates of shooting, gassing, poisoning and drowning in males and a decline in shooting, gassing, jumping from a height and drowning among females, but an increase in hanging by both males and females in the decade 1998-2007 when the compared to 1988-1997. There was significant variation in the rates of and trends in methods of suicide between the states and territories of Australia between 1988-1997 and 1998-2007. CONCLUSIONS: The decline in rates of suicide in most parts of Australia coincides with a reduction in the availability of lethal methods. Consideration should be given to further measures to limit the availability of lethal methods of suicide.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0025-729X",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}