TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - The historical development of suicide mortality in Russia, 1870-2007
JO  - Archives of suicide research
A1  - Jukkala, Tanya
A1  - Mäkinen, Ilkka Henry
A1  - Stickley, Andrew
SP  - 117
EP  - 130
VL  - 19
IS  - 1
N2  - Russia has one of the highest suicide mortality rates in the world. This study investigates the development of Russian suicide mortality over a longer time period in order to provide a context within which the contemporary high level might be better understood. Annual sex- and age-specific suicide-mortality data for Russia for the period 1870-2007 were studied, where available. Russian suicide mortality increased 11-fold over the period. Trends in male and female suicide developed similarly, although male suicide rates were consistently much higher. From the 1990s suicide has increased in a relative sense among the young (15-34), while the high suicide mortality among middle-aged males has reduced. Changes in Russian suicide mortality over the study period may be attributable to modernisation processes.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1381-1118
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13811118.2014.915774
ID  - ref1
ER  -