TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2009//
TI  - Suicide rates in the world: 1950-2004
JO  - Suicide and life-threatening behavior
A1  - Liu, Ka-Yuet
SP  - 204
EP  - 213
VL  - 39
IS  - 2
N2  - The cross-country differences and the trends of suicide rates in 71 countries from 1950 to 2004 are described. The data are from the World Health Organization's Mortality Database. It shows that suicide rates vary greatly across countries, even within the same region or at similar levels of development. Random-effect models were used to examine the between-country and within-country stabilities in suicide rates. The results show that more than 90% of the variance in suicide rates is due to between-country differences, suggesting suicide rates display a strong temporal stability.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0363-0234
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1521/suli.2009.39.2.204
ID  - ref1
ER  -