Citation

Lester D. Suicidol. Online 2021; 12(1): 12-13.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2021, The author(s), Publisher Medical University of Vienna, Department of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy)

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Abstract

It is rare to find rates of suicide from previous centuries. Data from a book published in 1662 enabled suicide rates by hanging to be calculated for London, England in the mid-1660s. The estimated suicide rate by hanging was in the range of 2.41 per 100,000 per year to 3.32.

Keywords: suicide rate; London; hanging

Language: en