Citation

Lester D. Homeost. Health Dis. 1996; 37(5): 209-213.

Affiliation

Center for the Study of Suicide, 5 Stonegate Court, Blackwood, NJ 08012, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1996, Czechoslovak Medical Society J. Ev. Purkyne)

DOI

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Abstract

Epidemiological trends in Czechoslovakian suicide rates were compared and found to be somewhat consistent with world-wide trends. However, the time-series Czechoslovakian suicide rate was inconsistent with predictions made from Durkheim's classic theory of suicide. Finally, current theories of the etiology of suicide were used to successfully derive a linear regression equation which predicted the Czechoslovakian suicide rate quite accurately.