TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2005//
TI  - Medical disorders of suicides in Australia: analysis using a multiple-cause-of-death approach
JO  - Social science and medicine (1982)
A1  - Ruzicka, L. T.
A1  - Choi, C. Y.
A1  - Sadkowsky, Krys
SP  - 333
EP  - 341
VL  - 61
IS  - 2
N2  - The impaired health of a person who has committed suicide is often suggested among the proximate causes of suicidal behaviour. The introduction in 1997 of multiple-cause-of-death coding by the Australian Bureau of Statistics provided an opportunity to examine health impairments recorded on the death certificates of suicides. Data for the quinquennium 1997-2001 revealed a high prevalence of mental and behavioural disorders, in particular among women and among young and adolescent suicides. Comparison of multiple causes of death attributed to those who died in accidents with those recorded as suicides revealed that of the chronic and terminal illnesses, HIV and cancer were probably the conditions likely to trigger suicidal action.
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SN  - 0277-9536
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.12.005
ID  - ref1
ER  -