Citation

Adamsson C, Wasserman D, Eklund G. Scand. J. Soc. Welf. 1993; 2(4): 178-185.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1993, Munksgaard International Publishers)

DOI

10.1111/j.1468-2397.1993.tb00037.x

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

A registration survey of parasuicide patients seeking hospital care in a defined catchment area was conducted over 24 months (1989‐1990). In 1989, 475 individuals registered as residents in the catchment area were given care on 541 occasions, and in 1990, 382 individuals received care on 426 occasions as as a result of parasuicide. The parasuicide rates for the overall population in the catchment area were estimated by means of demographic variables. Parasuicide rates were highest among women 25‐39 years old and among men 30‐39 years old, i.e., in older age groups than previous studies (from the 1970s) have shown. Parasuicide rates are 3 times as high for single men as for married men and twice as high for single women as for married women. Among single men and women, divorcé(e)s show the highest parasuicide rates, especially in the 15‐34 age group. The number of parasuicides among women decreased significantly between 1989 and 1990, which had the effect of evening out the female: male parasuicide ratio (1.28:1). Moreover, for the first time it becomes clear that the Finnish citizens in Sweden, both men and women, show a high risk for parasuicide compared with the Swedish population. These results focus attention on deficient psychic and social wellbeing of Finns in Sweden. Copyright © 1993, Wiley Blackwell. All rights reserved

Language: en

Keywords

age; epidemiology; World Health Organization; wellbeing; sex; citizenship; marital status; parasuicide