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  • Gender issues in suicide rates, trends and methods among youths aged 15–24 in 15 European countries

    Author(s)
    Vaernik, Airi
    Kolves, Kairi
    Allik, Jueri
    Arensman, Ella
    Aromaa, Esa
    van Audenhove, Chantal
    Bouleauh, Jean-Herve
    van der Feltz-Cornelis, Christina M
    Giupponi, Giancarlo
    Gusmao, Ricardo
    Kopp, Maria
    Marusic, Andrej
    Maxwell, Margaret
    Oskarsson, Hogni
    Palmer, Ann
    Pull, Charles
    Realo, Anu
    Reisch, Thomas
    Schmidtke, Armin
    Sola, Victor Perez
    Wittenburg, Lisa
    Hegerl, Ulrich
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Kolves, Kairi
    Year published
    2009
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    Abstract
    Background: No recent cross-country examinations for youth suicide trends and methods for Europe were found. Aim: The aim of the study is to specify differences in suicide rates, trends and methods used among 15-24 years olds by gender across 15 European countries. Method: Data for 14,738 suicide cases in the age group 15-24 in 2000-2004/5 were obtained and analysed. Results: Suicide rates ranged 5.5-35.1 for males and 1.3-8.5 for females. Statistically significant decline since 2000 was observed in Germany, Scotland, Spain, and England for males and in Ireland for females. Hanging was most frequently used for both ...
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    Background: No recent cross-country examinations for youth suicide trends and methods for Europe were found. Aim: The aim of the study is to specify differences in suicide rates, trends and methods used among 15-24 years olds by gender across 15 European countries. Method: Data for 14,738 suicide cases in the age group 15-24 in 2000-2004/5 were obtained and analysed. Results: Suicide rates ranged 5.5-35.1 for males and 1.3-8.5 for females. Statistically significant decline since 2000 was observed in Germany, Scotland, Spain, and England for males and in Ireland for females. Hanging was most frequently used for both genders, followed by jumping and use of a moving object for males and jumping and poisoning by drugs for females. Male suicides had a higher risk than females of using firearms and hanging and lower risk of poisoning by drugs and jumping. There were large differences between single countries. Limitations: The limitations of the study are the small numbers of specific suicide methods in some countries as well as the recategorisation of ICD-9 codes into ICD-10 in England, Ireland and Portugal. Further, the use of suicides (X60-X84) without events of undetermined deaths (Y10-Y34) continues to be problematic considering the possibility of "hidden suicides". Conclusions: The present study shows that suicide rates among young males are decreasing since 2000 in several European countries. Analysis of suicide methods confirms that there is a very high proportion of hanging in youths, which is extremely difficult to restrict. However, besides hanging there are also high rates of preventable suicide methods and reducing the availability of means should be one of the goals of suicide prevention.
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    Journal Title
    Journal of Affective Disorders
    Volume
    113
    Issue
    3
    Publisher URI
    http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/01650327
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2008.06.004
    Subject
    Biomedical and clinical sciences
    Epidemiology not elsewhere classified
    Psychology
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/26145
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