TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2005//
TI  - Living circumstances of suicide mortality in a South African city: an ecological study of differences across race groups and sexes
JO  - Suicide and life-threatening behavior
A1  - Burrows, Stephanie
A1  - Laflamme, Lucie
SP  - 592
EP  - 603
VL  - 35
IS  - 5
N2  - In this study the importance of living area circumstances for suicide mortality was explored. Suicide mortality was assessed across race and sex groups in a South African city and the influence of area-based compositional and sociophysical characteristics on suicide risk was considered. Suicide mortality rates are highest among Whites, in particular White males. Main-and independent-dimensions of the living circumstances of residential areas (i.e., socioeconomic circumstances, economic need, and matrimony) influence age-adjusted suicide rates for both sexes but minimally so for race groups. Less favorable clusters of circumstances have a protective effect.
LA  - 
SN  - 0363-0234
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1521/suli.2005.35.5.592
ID  - ref1
ER  -