TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1994//
TI  - Railway suicide in England and Wales, 1850-1949
JO  - Social science and medicine (1982)
A1  - Clarke, M.
SP  - 401
EP  - 407
VL  - 38
IS  - 3
N2  - According to the official statistics of the Registrar General, the first railway suicide occurred in 1852 and more than 10,000 suicides recorded during the period 1852-1949. Throughout this time the number of male cases always exceeded the number of female cases and the railway accounted for a greater proportion of male than female suicides in all but two years. By the early decades of the twentieth century, the railway was used in 5-6% of male suicides and 3-4% of female suicides. The incidence of railway suicide was correlated with the growth of the railway system offering some evidence for the relationship between availability of a lethal means and suicide rates.<p /> <p>Language: en</p> 
LA  - en
SN  - 0277-9536
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -