The Regional Variation of Murder and Suicide in Poland

2004 ◽  
Vol 49 (4) ◽  
pp. 321-326 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Lester ◽  
Karolina E. Krysinska
Keyword(s):  
Regional Variation ◽  
Birth Rates ◽  
Suicide Rates ◽  
Divorce Rates

A study of the 16 Polish counties in 1998 indicated that unemployment, divorce rates, and between-county migration were strong correlates of the county murder and suicide rates. In addition, murder rates were predicted by domestic integration (marriage and birth rates).

Domestic Integration and Suicide in the Provinces of Canada

Crisis ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 59-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antoon A. Leenaars ◽  
David Lester
Keyword(s):  
Social Factors ◽  
Positive Association ◽  
Negative Association ◽  
Birth Rates ◽  
Marriage Rates ◽  
Suicide Rates ◽  
The Social ◽  
Divorce Rates ◽  
Low Levels ◽  
Over Time

Canada's rate of suicide varies from province to province. The classical theory of suicide, which attempts to explain the social suicide rate, stems from Durkheim, who argued that low levels of social integration and regulation are associated with high rates of suicide. The present study explored whether social factors (divorce, marriage, and birth rates) do in fact predict suicide rates over time for each province (period studied: 1950-1990). The results showed a positive association between divorce rates and suicide rates, and a negative association between birth rates and suicide rates. Marriage rates showed no consistent association, an anomaly as compared to research from other nations.

Regional Variation of Divorce in Germany

2002 ◽  
Vol 95 (3) ◽  
pp. 886-886
Author(s):  
David Lester
Keyword(s):  
Population Density ◽  
Regional Variation ◽  
West Germany ◽  
Birth Rates ◽  
Marriage Rates ◽  
Divorce Rates

The correlates of provincial divorce rates in Germany in 1966 were marriage rates, birth rates, population density, and formerly East versus West Germany.

Use of Age-Adjusted Suicide Rates in Time Series Studies in Canada

1997 ◽  
Vol 81 (2) ◽  
pp. 490-490
Author(s):  
David Lester
Keyword(s):  
Time Series ◽  
Suicide Rates ◽  
Time Series Studies ◽  
Divorce Rates

For 1950–1985 age adjusted suicide rates were associated with marriage, birth, and divorce rates in Canada in the same way as were crude suicide rates.

Time-Series Studies of the French Suicide Rate Using Age-Adjusted Rates

1998 ◽  
Vol 86 (1) ◽  
pp. 126-126
Author(s):  
David Lester
Keyword(s):  
Time Series ◽  
Suicide Rate ◽  
Birth Rates ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Female Suicide ◽  
Suicide Rates ◽  
Time Series Studies ◽  
Age Adjusted Rates

For France from 1950 to 1985, divorce, marriage and birth rates predicted the crude and the age-adjusted male and female suicide rates identically.

Relationship of 1977 State Suicide Rates to Population Increases and Immigration

1981 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 856-858 ◽  
Author(s):  
Myron Boor
Keyword(s):  
Social Integration ◽  
District Of Columbia ◽  
Crime Rates ◽  
Population Increase ◽  
Suicide Rates ◽  
Divorce Rates ◽  
Two Indices ◽  
Additional Support ◽  
Relationship Of

The 1977 suicide rates of the 50 states and the District of Columbia were related significantly to their rates of population increase and immigration. These results, which were replicated with data from 1940, 1950, 1960, and 1970, provide additional support for Durkheim's hypothesized relationship between suicide rates and societal integration, since high rates of immigration and population increase are likely to characterize geographical areas with low social integration. As expected, crime rates and divorce rates were related significantly to suicide rates and to these two indices of social integration.

The Regional Variation of Suicide in the United States in 1880 and 1980

1996 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Lester
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
African Americans ◽  
Regional Variation ◽  
The United States ◽  
The West ◽  
Suicide Rates

State suicide rates in both 1880 and 1980 were higher in the west, where the proportion of men was higher and where the proportion of African Americans was lower, supporting a compositional theory of regional suicide rates in America.

scholarly journals Regional variation in suicide rates in Sri Lanka between 1955 and 2011: a spatial and temporal analysis

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Duleeka W. Knipe ◽  
Prianka Padmanathan ◽  
Lal Muthuwatta ◽  
Chris Metcalfe ◽  
David Gunnell
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Regional Variation ◽  
Temporal Analysis ◽  
Suicide Rates ◽  
Spatial And Temporal Analysis

The Civilization of Violence

1996 ◽  
Vol 79 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1122-1122
Author(s):  
David Lester
Keyword(s):  
Birth Rates ◽  
Suicide Rates

In France from 1853 to 1908, suicide rates were associated with lower birth rates and a higher percentage of illegitimate births, throwing doubt on the hypothesis of Gillis that suicide increases as nations become more “civilized.”

Nonmarital Fertility and the Effects of Divorce Rates on Youth Suicide Rates

2006 ◽  
Vol 68 (4) ◽  
pp. 1105-1111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven F. Messner ◽  
Thoroddur Bjarnason ◽  
Lawrence E. Raffalovich ◽  
Bryan K. Robinson
Keyword(s):  
Youth Suicide ◽  
Nonmarital Fertility ◽  
Suicide Rates ◽  
Divorce Rates
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