TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - Re-examination of the seasonality of suicide in Taiwan during 1991-2008: A population-based study
JO  - Psychiatry research
A1  - Tsai, Jui-Feng
A1  - Cho, WenChun
SP  - 147
EP  - 149
VL  - 186
IS  - 1
N2  - The purpose of the present study was to re-examine the monthly distribution of suicide death rates and the change of the suicide seasonality in Taiwan during 1991-2008. The monthly suicide death rates of the total, male and female populations during January 1991-December 2008 were obtained from a population-based database. There was an upward trend. The means of the monthly suicide rates after adjusting the calendar effect and the upward trend were compared. The suicide data were further analysed in three 6-year periods to explore the change of seasonality. During 1991-2008 in Taiwan, suicide rates had significant peaks in April and May, and nadirs in January and December. The monthly distributions varied during 1991-1996, 1997-2002 and 2003-2008 in the patterns and the statistical significance. There was no linear trend for the change of the seasonality of suicide death rate.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0165-1781
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2010.07.043
ID  - ref1
ER  -