@article{ref1,
title="Long-term Trends, Seasonality, Weekly Distribution, and Methodsof Suicide in Slovenia: A Comparison Between the Younger and Older Population",
journal="Archives of suicide research",
year="2003",
author="Marusic, Andrej and Landau, Simha F. and Tomori, Martina",
volume="7",
number="1",
pages="135-143",
abstract="Characteristics of suicide among youth do not necessarily follow the pattern found in adults. Nevertheless, not many comparisons between young and adult suicides have been reported to date. Our aim was to compare trends, seasonality, weekly distribution, and methods of youth suicide with suicide in older population. The research was based on records for all 7,942 completed suicides in Slovenia between 1985 and 1997. Poisson regression modelling was used to study the long-term trend, monthly and weekly distributions, the suicide method, and the interaction of these factors with sex and age. A significant interaction was demonstrated between the long-term trend and age, but not with sex. Suicide rates were estimated to decrease in adults but not in youth. On the other hand sex, but not age, interacted with suicide method. Age and sex did not interact with monthly or weekly distribution of suicide. Trends and other clinically relevant characteristics of suicide among youth may be hidden if the overall suicide statistics are calculated.<p />",
language="en",
issn="1381-1118",
doi="10.1080/13811110301578",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13811110301578"
}