Citation

Andrian J. Cah. Sociol. Demogr. Med. 1996; 36(2): 171-200.

Vernacular Title

Le suicide en pleine force de l'age: quelques donnees recentes.

Affiliation

Laboratoire de Sociologie du Changement des Institutions, Paris Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1996, Centre de Sociologie et de Demographie Medicales)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8796104

Abstract

Suicide of people aged 25-59 years old is fastly increasing in France, especially for males, to 38.4 per 100,000 population in 1992 from 37.0 per 100,000 a decade earlier. In fact the suicide rate is decreasing among male adults having an occupation or a job (to 32.3 in 1992 from 33.8 in 1982). On the contrary, the economically inactive and the jobless are experiencing a tremendous growth in their suicide rate (to 74.9 per 100,000 population in 1992 from 60.9 a decade earlier). The trend is observed also among females aged 25-59 years old but the "employed/unemployed" gap is less pronounced. Marital status and occupational groups have also an influence upon the frequency of adult suicide. Since the work of Emile Durkheim a century ago, the profile of suicide has changed in France, due to societal upheavals.

Language: fr