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  • Late life suicide in Italy, 1980-2015

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    Author(s)
    De Leo, Diego
    Vichi, Monica
    Kolves, Kairi
    Pompili, Maurizio
    Griffith University Author(s)
    De Leo, Diego
    K�lves, Kairi
    Year published
    2019
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    Aim: Suicide trends in older adults were examined in Italy from 1980 to 2015. Age groups considered were 65-74 years, 75-84 and 85 + years. Methods: Data on suicide deaths were obtained from the Italian Mortality Database (IMDB) collected by the Italian National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT) and processed by the Statistics Unit of the Italian National Institute of Health (Istituto Superiore di Sanità). Joinpoint regression analyses were carried out for age subgroups by sex. In addition, data related to four main macro-areas of Italy were considered: North-West, North-East, Centre, and South with Islands (Sicily and ...
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    Aim: Suicide trends in older adults were examined in Italy from 1980 to 2015. Age groups considered were 65-74 years, 75-84 and 85 + years. Methods: Data on suicide deaths were obtained from the Italian Mortality Database (IMDB) collected by the Italian National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT) and processed by the Statistics Unit of the Italian National Institute of Health (Istituto Superiore di Sanità). Joinpoint regression analyses were carried out for age subgroups by sex. In addition, data related to four main macro-areas of Italy were considered: North-West, North-East, Centre, and South with Islands (Sicily and Sardinia). Results: Starting by 1985, declines were noted in all age groups with more noticeable decreases in older adults aged 75-84 and 85 + years. Female subjects demonstrated more ample falls in rates than male individuals. Declines were detected in all macro-areas of Italy. Conclusion: Improved health assistance and quality of life of older individuals have probably contributed to the decline of suicide rates of senior citizens, who also showed improved poverty indices in the country, differently from all other age groups.
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    Journal Title
    Aging Clinical and Experimental Research
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1007/s40520-019-01431-z
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    © 2019 Springer. This is an electronic version of an article published in Aging Clinical and Experimental Research. Aging Clinical and Experimental Research is available online at: http://link.springer.com/ with the open URL of your article.
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    This publication has been entered into Griffith Research Online as an Advanced Online Version.
    Subject
    Clinical sciences
    Health services and systems
    Public health
    Sociology
    Psychology
    Cognitive and computational psychology
    Italy
    Macro-areas
    Old age
    Poverty indices
    Sex differences
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/389618
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