@article{ref1,
title="Violent deaths among Russian and EU male older adults",
journal="International journal of social psychiatry",
year="2014",
author="Innamorati, Marco and Serafini, Gianluca and Lester, David and Amore, Mario and Girardi, Paolo and Pompili, Maurizio",
volume="60",
number="1",
pages="89-94",
abstract="AIMS: This ecological comparison study explored temporal trends since 1985 in age-adjusted suicide and homicide rates for older male adults (over the age of 65) resident in the EU and the Russian Federation. METHODS: The data were extracted from the World Health Organization's (WHO) European mortality database. RESULTS: Older men resident in the Russian Federation had a higher risk of dying a violent death (by homicide and by suicide) than their younger compatriots (relative risks (RR) ranging from 1.13 to 1.31). Conversely, in the EU, older men had a higher risk of dying from suicide (RRs of 1.52 for men over the age of 65 and 3.27 for men over the age of 75) and a lower risk of being victims of homicide (RRs ranging between 0.84 and 0.89) than their younger compatriots. CONCLUSIONS: The European region is characterized by great inequalities in rates of violent deaths among the elderly.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0020-7640",
doi="10.1177/0020764012467261",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0020764012467261"
}