Coroners' Records of Rural and Non-Rural Cases of Youth Suicide in New South Wales

Objective: The aim of this study is to compare the frequency of certain putative risk factors for youth suicide in New South Wales (especially use of alcohol, social class, unemployment, and internal migration) in metropolitan and rural settings. Method: A review of 137 files for 10–19-year-old subj...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry 1998-04, Vol.32 (2), p.242-251
Hauptverfasser:	Dudley, Michael, Kelk, Norman, Florio, Tony, Waters, Brent, Howard, John, Taylor, Darryl
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adolescents Adult Adult and adolescent clinical studies Alcohol-Related Disorders - mortality Alcohol-Related Disorders - psychology Australia Biological and medical sciences Cause of Death Child Coroners and Medical Examiners - statistics & numerical data Data Collection - statistics & numerical data Depressive Disorder - mortality Depressive Disorder - psychology Female Humans Male Medical sciences New South Wales - epidemiology Patient Acceptance of Health Care - statistics & numerical data Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychopathology. Psychiatry Risk Factors rural Rural Population - statistics & numerical data Substance-Related Disorders - mortality Substance-Related Disorders - psychology Suicide Suicide - prevention & control Suicide - psychology Suicide - statistics & numerical data urban Urban Population - statistics & numerical data youth
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Zusammenfassung:	Objective: The aim of this study is to compare the frequency of certain putative risk factors for youth suicide in New South Wales (especially use of alcohol, social class, unemployment, and internal migration) in metropolitan and rural settings. Method: A review of 137 files for 10–19-year-old subjects judged by the Coroner to have committed suicide in 1988–1990 was carried out. Results: One hundred and fifteen males and 21 females were identified (one subject's sex was unavailable). The male-female ratio was higher in rural (13.0) areas than non-rural (4.9; χ2 = 12.14, p
ISSN:	0004-8674 1440-1614
DOI:	10.3109/00048679809062735