TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1998//
TI  - Relation between attempted suicide and suicide rates among young people in Europe
JO  - Journal of epidemiology and community health
A1  - Temesváry, B.
A1  - Schmidtke, Armin
A1  - Salander-Renberg, E.
A1  - Querejeta, I.
A1  - Philippe, A.
A1  - Ostamo, Aini
A1  - Michel, Konrad
A1  - De Leo, Diego
A1  - Kerkhof, Ad
A1  - Deisenhammer, Eberhard A.
A1  - Crepet, P.
A1  - Bjerke, T.
A1  - Bille-Brahe, Unni
A1  - Hultén, A.
A1  - Wasserman, Danuta
A1  - Arensman, Ella
A1  - Hawton, Keith E.
SP  - 191
EP  - 194
VL  - 52
IS  - 3
N2  - STUDY OBJECTIVE: To determine if there are associations between rates of suicide and attempted suicide in 15-24 year olds in different countries in Europe. DESIGN: Attempted suicide rates were based on data collected in centres in Europe between 1989 and 1992 as part of the WHO/EURO Multicentre Study of Parasuicide. Comparison was made with both national suicide rates and local suicide rates for the areas in which the attempted suicide monitoring centres are based. SETTING: 15 centres in 13 European countries. PATIENTS: Young people aged 15-24 years who had taken overdoses or deliberately injured themselves and been identified in health care facilities. MAIN RESULTS: There were positive correlations (Spearman rank order) between rates of attempted suicide and suicide rates in both sexes. The correlations only reached statistical significance for male subjects: regional suicide rates, r = 0.65, p < 0.02; national suicide rates, r = 0.55, p < 0.02. CONCLUSIONS: Rates of attempted suicide and suicide in the young covary. The recent increase in attempted suicide rates in young male subjects in several European countries could herald a further increase in suicide rates.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0143-005X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -