@article{ref1,
title="Consistency in Suicide Rates in Twenty-Two Developed Countries by Gender over Time 1874-78, 1974-76, and 1998-2000",
journal="Archives of suicide research",
year="2008",
author="Hansen, L. and Pritchard, C.",
volume="12",
number="3",
pages="251-262",
abstract="To determine whether the relative levels of suicide rates among the 22 developed countries were consistent over time 1974-76 v 2000-02 and to compare Durkheim's 11 European countries 1874-78 with their modern counterparts, including the 1984-86 period associated with the European recession. Data from the WHO of All Age &quot;General Population Suicide Rates&quot; (GPSR) by sex were calculated to obtain 3-year averages for the end-points. To determine the consistency of the levels of suicides a series of Spearman Rank Order correlations are calculated for each period. Highly significant correlations are found for men, women and total suicide rates between 1974-76 and 1998-2000, and for the Durkheim countries for the three review periods, indicating despite within-national variations over time, the relative rates between countries was consistent. This consistency suggests a certain national &quot;suicide tradition&quot; based on a complex interaction between cultural, sociological, recording/administrative, and genetic factors.   <p></p>  <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1381-1118",
doi="10.1080/13811110802101153",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13811110802101153"
}