@article{ref1,
title="Suicide rates in Nordic prisons 2000-2016",
journal="Archives of suicide research",
year="2020",
author="Morthorst, Britt Reuter and Mehlum, Lars and Pàlsson, Sigurdur P. and Mühlmann, Charlotte and Hammerlin, Yngve and Madsen, Trine and Nordentoft, Merete and Erlangsen, Annette",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="<b>Objective:</b> To compare suicide rates of people in prison and the general population in the Nordic countries.<b>Methods:</b> Data on deaths by suicide and person-years for people in prison and the general population were obtained for the Nordic countries during 2000-2016. Age-standardized rate ratios were calculated.<b>Results:</b> The suicide rate in the Nordic countries overall was 110.1 (95% CI = 98.1, 122.2) per 100,000 person-years for people in prison. A significant decline was noted for the suicide rate of people in prison between 2000 and 2016 (<i>p</i><b> </b>< 0.0001). The age-standardized mortality ratio was 7.4 (95% CI = 5.9-8.2) for males and 17.8 (95% CI = 7.3-33.2) for females in Denmark, Iceland, and Norway.<b>Conclusion:</b> Despite a decreasing trend over time, excess suicide mortality was noted for people in prison.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1381-1118",
doi="10.1080/13811118.2020.1746943",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13811118.2020.1746943"
}