@article{ref1,
title="Policy-appropriate measurement of suicide: Headcount vs. potential years of life lost, Australia, 1907-2005",
journal="Archives of suicide research",
year="2009",
author="Doessel, Darrel P. and Williams, Ruth F. G. and Whiteford, Harvey",
volume="13",
number="1",
pages="87-99",
abstract="We reconsider conventional suicide measurement. First, a headcount of suicide is examined relative to some other causes of death (circulatory diseases, cancer, and motor vehicle accidents). We then construct a time-series data set of an alternative measure of suicide, the potential years of life lost (PYLL) for males and females. Suicide PYLLs average 4.57% of all male PYLLs and 2.44% of female PYLLs for 1907-2005. The comparable&quot;count&quot;percentages are 1.85 and 0.65, respectively. These differences are widening through time. In 2005, suicide represented 3.25% of all male deaths and 0.90% of female deaths using the count measure and, using PYLLs, 11.0% and 4.96%, respectively. The two measures produce quite different indications of suicide.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1381-1118",
doi="10.1080/13811110802572197",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13811110802572197"
}