well, after some extraordinary activity on my poll, the results are in. and yes, 66% of people were correct. 2,101 people died of reported suicide in Australia in 2005!
although this may not seem an extremely large number, suicide has a massive effect on family and friends, something which i will be discovering further in my second blog.
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
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Graham,
Where does suicide rank in terms of the major causes of death? This can also be broken down across age groups and by gender. And how has this changed over the last, say, 50 years? Not sure you can find this - perhaps in ABS reports. Also, of interest, is suicide attempts vs. suicides. My collection is that females attempt more, but males are 'successful' in their attempts.
hi james,
yes, from the stats it appears that females attempt suicide more often, whilst males are 'successful' more often. this is possibly due to males using more violent means of suicide, such as guns/knives, whilst women tend to use medications etc.
suicide rates among adolescnts have increased markedly since the 1960's (Bridges, 2006), and are now a major public health concern. although Cutchin (1999) states that suicide rates have only risen slightly since the 1950's.
in the USA, suicide is the 9th highest cause of death. in the 25-44 age bracket, it is the 5th largest cause of death(Cutchin, 1999)
also, another few readings i have read say that the elderly are the group at most risk. according to the Centre of Disease and COntrol and Prevention, in the US the adult rate of suicide is 11/100,000, yet in the age group over 65 it raises to 14/100,000 poeple.
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