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dc.contributor.authorBertolote, Jose Manoel
dc.contributor.authorDe Leo, Diego
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T15:04:28Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T15:04:28Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.date.modified2013-03-06T01:12:11Z
dc.identifier.issn0227-5910
dc.identifier.doi10.1027/0227-5910/a000180
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/49294
dc.description.abstractn 1999, as part of the efforts to raise awareness about the magnitude and importance of suicide mortality, the World Health Organization (WHO) posted two graphs on its website. One showed the evolution of the global suicide mortality, 1950-1995, according to sex, and the other showed a projection about how those rates could evolve should no effective action be taken (Figure 1). Those two graphs became a constant reference in presentations and conferences around the world as well as a frequent quote in papers and books (Wasserman & Wasserman, 2009). They were also instrumental in leading the WHO's high management to adopt suicide prevention as one of its priorities, which in turn led to the establishment of SUPRE, the WHO Suicide Prevention Program (Fleischmann et al., 2008). Now, more than a decade after those graphs were popularized, it may be of interest to have another look at the evolution of suicide mortality and try to hypothesize factors behind possible changes. In doing so, we followed exactly the same methodology used by the WHO in the original calculations. A global reduction in suicide mortality rates seems apparent for the last 20 years. With the exception of the very young females, the reductions observed are consistent across sex and age group. Although these findings are exciting, we should not forget that, when we consider natural population growth, the reduction of the absolute number of deaths from suicide might not be as impressive as that of rates. This calls for renewed efforts to further reduce suicide mortality, particularly in the age groups where results have been less marked (the youngest) and in age groups whose population is increasing (middle-aged and older).
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherHogrefe Publishing
dc.publisher.placeUnited States
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom249
dc.relation.ispartofpageto253
dc.relation.ispartofissue5
dc.relation.ispartofjournalCrisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention
dc.relation.ispartofvolume33
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPsychiatry (incl. psychotherapy)
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCommunication and media studies
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode320221
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4701
dc.titleGlobal Suicide Mortality Rates – A Light at the End of the Tunnel?
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC3 - Articles (Letter/ Note)
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Health, Australian Institute for Suicide Research & Prevention
gro.date.issued2012
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorDe Leo, Diego


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