%0 Journal Article
%T Sex differences in adolescent suicides in Norway, 1990-1992
%J Suicide and life-threatening behavior
%D 1999
%A Haldorsen, Tor
%A Wichstrom, Lars
%A Ekeberg, O.
%A Groholt, Berit
%V 29
%N 4
%P 295-308
%X All suicides in persons under 20 years in Norway in the time period 1990-1992 (99 males, 30 females) were included in a postmortem case-control study with seven controls for each suicide, focusing on gender differences. Few sex differences between the suicide completers were evident, in spite of the difference in suicide rates (M/F rate ratio = 3.0). Females more often attempted suicide (p = .05), more often wrote farewell notes (p = .03), and used less violent suicide methods (ns). The adjusted risk for suicide related to affective disorders (Female OR = 22,1; Male OR = 24.0, both p = .000) and disruptive disorders (female OR = 14,7, ns; male OR = 5.0, p = .002) differed little, as did the effect of frequent use of alcohol or substances (female OR = 0.4, ns; male OR = 0.4, ns).
%G 
%I John Wiley and Sons
%@ 0363-0234
%U http://dx.doi.org/