Citation

Rich CL, Young D, Fowler RC, Rosenfeld SK. Am. J. Public Health 1985; 75(7): 778-779.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1985, American Public Health Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

4003656

PMCID

PMC1646293

Abstract

The date of death recorded on death certificates (DCD) was compared to the date of the suicidal act (DA) in a consecutive series of 204 suicides. The DA was known to be the same as the DCD in only 46 per cent of the cases. The DA was different from the DCD in 22 per cent of the cases. The difference between the DA and DCD should be taken into consideration in the analysis of temporal trends.

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