TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2008//
TI  - Consistency in Suicide Rates in Twenty-Two Developed Countries by Gender over Time 1874-78, 1974-76, and 1998-2000
JO  - Archives of suicide research
A1  - Hansen, L.
A1  - Pritchard, C.
SP  - 251
EP  - 262
VL  - 12
IS  - 3
N2  - To determine whether the relative levels of suicide rates among the 22 developed countries were consistent over time 1974-76 v 2000-02 and to compare Durkheim's 11 European countries 1874-78 with their modern counterparts, including the 1984-86 period associated with the European recession. Data from the WHO of All Age "General Population Suicide Rates" (GPSR) by sex were calculated to obtain 3-year averages for the end-points. To determine the consistency of the levels of suicides a series of Spearman Rank Order correlations are calculated for each period. Highly significant correlations are found for men, women and total suicide rates between 1974-76 and 1998-2000, and for the Durkheim countries for the three review periods, indicating despite within-national variations over time, the relative rates between countries was consistent. This consistency suggests a certain national "suicide tradition" based on a complex interaction between cultural, sociological, recording/administrative, and genetic factors.     <p></p>    <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1381-1118
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13811110802101153
ID  - ref1
ER  -