TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Ageing towards 21 as a risk factor for young adult suicide in the UK and Ireland
JO  - Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences
A1  - Malone, K. M.
A1  - Quinlivan, L.
A1  - Grant, T.
A1  - Kelleher, C. C.
SP  - 263
EP  - 267
VL  - 22
IS  - 3
N2  - Aims. Youth and young adult suicide has increasingly appeared on international vital statistics as a rising trend of concern in age-specific mortality over the past 50 years. The reporting of suicide deaths in 5-year age bands, which has been the international convention to date, may mask a greater understanding of year-on-year factors that may accelerate or ameliorate the emergence of suicidal thoughts, acts and fatal consequences. The study objective was to identify any year-on-year period of increased risk for youth and young adult suicide in the UK and Ireland. Methods. Collation and examination of international epidemiological datasets on suicide (aged 18-35) for the UK and Ireland 2000-2006 (N = 11 964). Outcome measures included the age distribution of suicide mortality in international datasets from the UK and Ireland, 2000-2006. Results. An accelerated pattern of risk up to the age of 20 for the UK and Ireland which levels off moderately thereafter was uncovered, thus identifying a heretofore unreported age-related epidemiological transition for suicide. Conclusions. The current reporting of suicide in 5-year age bands may conceal age-related periods of risk for suicide. This may have implications for suicide prevention programmes for young adults under age 21.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2045-7960
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S2045796012000649
ID  - ref1
ER  -