Värnik, Airi, Kõlves, Kairi, Allik, Jüri, Arensman, Ella, Aromaa, Esa, van Audenhove, Chantal, Bouleau, Jean-Hervé, van der Feltz-Cornelis, Christina M, Giupponi, Giancarlo, Gusmão, Ricardo, and others. (2009) Gender issues in suicide rates, trends and methods among youths aged 15-24 in 15 European countries. Journal of Affective Disorders, 113 (3). pp. 216-226. ISSN 0165-0327. (doi:10.1016/j.jad.2008.06.004) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:24630)
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| Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2008.06.004 |
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 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 re-categorisation 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.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| DOI/Identification number: | 10.1016/j.jad.2008.06.004 |
| Uncontrolled keywords: | Suicide rates; Trends; Methods; Age 15–24; Europe; Country differences |
| Subjects: |
H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Women > HQ1236 Women and the state. Women's rights. Women's political activity H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA790 Mental health |
| Divisions: | Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research > Centre for Health Services Studies |
| Funders: | European Commission (https://ror.org/00k4n6c32) |
| Depositing User: | Tony Rees |
| Date Deposited: | 07 Sep 2010 14:29 UTC |
| Last Modified: | 12 Jul 2022 10:40 UTC |
| Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/24630 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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