Suicide in Québec, 1951–1986

1995 ◽  
Vol 76 (1) ◽  
pp. 122-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Lester
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Regression ◽  
Death Rates ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Unemployment Rates ◽  
Female Suicide ◽  
Suicide Rates ◽  
Male Suicide ◽  
Divorce Rates

Data from Fortier, et al. (1989) were reanalysed using multiple regression. While birth and divorce rates were significantly associated with both male and female suicide rates, unemployment rates and cirrhosis death rates were associated only with male suicide rates.

scholarly journals Gender difference in suicide in Taiwan over a century: a time trend analysis in 1905–1940 and 1959–2012

2020 ◽  
pp. jech-2020-214058
Author(s):  
Yi-Han Chang ◽  
David Gunnell ◽  
Chia-Yueh Hsu ◽  
Shu-Sen Chang ◽  
Andrew Tai-Ann Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Vital Statistics ◽  
Mortality Data ◽  
Past Century ◽  
Specific Method ◽  
Gender Ratio ◽  
Unemployment Rates ◽  
Female Suicide ◽  
Suicide Rates ◽  
Male Suicide ◽  
Male To Female

BackgroundSuicide rates are higher in men than in women in most countries, although the gender ratios vary markedly worldwide. We investigated long-term trends in suicide rates and the male-to-female ratios in relation to age, method and economic factors in Taiwan during the Japanese colonial (1905–1940) and postwar (1959–2012) periods.MethodsSuicide data were from the Statistical Reports of Taiwan Governor’s Office (1905–1940), Vital Statistics (1959–1970) and cause-of-death mortality data files (1971–2012). Annual age-standardised and age-specific/method-specific suicide rates by gender and the gender ratios were calculated and examined graphically. The associations between trends in economic indicators, suicide and suicide gender ratio were investigated using Prais-Winsten regression.ResultsThe male-to-female suicide rate ratio increased from below 1 in the 1900s to around 2 by 2000; the reversal was mainly due to a marked reduction in suicide rates in young women coupled with a rise in male suicide between 1905 and 1940. The gender ratio increased again from the 1980s onwards. Poisoning was the most common method in the 1970s–1980s, but its use decreased afterwards, more in women than in men proportionally. The use of gassing for suicide increased markedly in the 2000s and contributed to the rises in overall suicide and the gender ratio. Unemployment rates were more strongly associated with male suicide than female suicide in 1959–2012. Unemployment rates and gross domestic product per capita were positively associated with suicide gender ratios.ConclusionsGender differences in suicide changed remarkably in Taiwan over the past century; such change may be related to cultural, socioeconomic and method-specific factors.

scholarly journals Suicide is Impacted by Culture: Gender Suicide Rates

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saxby Pridmore ◽  
Saxby Pridmore ◽  
William Pridmore
Keyword(s):  
Gender Roles ◽  
Mental Disorder ◽  
Suicide Rate ◽  
Suicidal Behaviour ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Female Suicide ◽  
Suicide Rates ◽  
Male Suicide ◽  
Female Suicide Rate ◽  
The Stability

Objective: Over the last century mental disorder has been promoted as the universal suicide trigger. This view has been discredited and other triggers are being considered. The aim is to determine whether different regions have sustained different suicide rates for the genders male and female. In the affirmative case, as gender roles are culturally determined, an impact of culture on suicidal behaviour would be confirmed. Method: The WHO Suicide Rates data by country (2016) was examined over a 17-year period. This was examined for details of countries which had demonstrated higher female than male suicide. 6 were located and an additional 6 countries were selected with similar total suicide rates and a higher male than female suicide rate. The stability of higher female or male suicide rates was explored. Results: The 6 countries with higher female suicide rates continued this pattern of behaviour over 17 years – and the countries with higher male suicide rates also continued the established pattern. Conclusions: The persistence of different gender suicide rates in 12 countries over 17 years confirmed that culture can strongly impact suicidal behaviour.

Gender and the Risk of Violent Death in Canada

1994 ◽  
Vol 75 (2) ◽  
pp. 858-858 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Lester
Keyword(s):  
Violent Death ◽  
Homicide Rates ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Female Suicide ◽  
Suicide Rates

In 23 nations from 1970 through 1984, no convergence was observed between the male and female suicide rates or between the male and female homicide 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.

Age, labour market conditions and male suicide rates in selected countries

2003 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
PHILIP TAYLOR
Keyword(s):  
Older Workers ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Labour Force Participation ◽  
Unemployment Rates ◽  
Suicide Rates ◽  
Male Suicide ◽  
Younger Workers ◽  
The Usa ◽  
The Relationship

This study examined the relationship between suicide rates among men since 1975 and rates of unemployment and labour force participation in 20 countries. Previous research has found statistically significant correlations between suicide and unemployment rates over time among young people in a number of countries. This study has extended this research to include different age groups of men. The findings for younger workers largely confirm the findings of previous studies. Among older workers, however, unemployment and suicide rates are largely unrelated, notable exceptions including Japan and the USA. The implications of this finding for policy making towards older workers are discussed.

Socioeconomic Change and Suicide

Crisis ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 90-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Siobhán Lucey ◽  
Paul Corcoran ◽  
Helen S Keeley ◽  
Justin Brophy ◽  
Ella Arensman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Participation Rate ◽  
Marriage Rate ◽  
Independent Effect ◽  
Socioeconomic Indicators ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Female Suicide ◽  
Suicide Rates ◽  
Econometric Methods ◽  
Female Suicide Rate ◽  
Rate Female

Abstract. This ecological study examined the association between seven socioeconomic indicators (GDP, unemployment rate, female labor force participation rate, alcohol expenditure, marriage rate, percentage of births outside of marriage, and indictable crime rate) and total, male, and female rates of suicide and suicide plus undetermined death in Ireland during the period 1968-2000. Analysis of the data expressed as absolute values showed highly significant associations between the socioeconomic indicators and the total, male, and female suicide rates. However, these associations were explained by the strongly trended data. The trended nature of the data was removed by using year-to-year differences. Analysis of the first-differenced data showed that none of the socioeconomic indicators was associated with the total, male, or female suicide rates with the exception of indictable crime, which had a significant independent effect on the female suicide rate (coefficient = 2.0, p < .01) but not on suicide plus undetermined death. This study highlights the need to use econometric methods in time-trend analyses, the lack of age-sex specific exposure data in this area, and the challenge of understanding trends in suicide in their socioeconomic context.

Changing Age Patterns of U.S. Male and Female Suicide Rates, 1934-1983

1988 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 149-163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark C. Stafford ◽  
Ralph A. Weisheit
Keyword(s):  
Male And Female ◽  
Female Suicide ◽  
Suicide Rates ◽  
Age Patterns

Economic and Social Correlates of Suicide in Caribbean Nations

1994 ◽  
Vol 75 (1) ◽  
pp. 351-352 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bijou Yang ◽  
David Lester
Keyword(s):  
Gross National Product ◽  
National Product ◽  
Social Correlates ◽  
Caribbean Islands ◽  
Female Suicide ◽  
Suicide Rates ◽  
Male Suicide ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Per Capita ◽  
Using Data

Using data from the 1970s, it was observed that the gross national product per capita was positively associated with male suicide rates in the Caribbean islands, with sociological variables playing a smaller role. In contrast, sociological variables played the more important role in the associations with female suicide rates.

scholarly journals Relationship between antidepressant sales and secular trends in suicide rates in the Nordic countries

2006 ◽  
Vol 188 (4) ◽  
pp. 354-358 ◽  
Author(s):  
Svein Reseland ◽  
Isabelle Bray ◽  
David Gunnell
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Assessment ◽  
Secular Trends ◽  
Nordic Countries ◽  
Female Suicide ◽  
Suicide Rates ◽  
Male Suicide ◽  
The Relationship

BackgroundThe effect of recent increases in antidepressant prescribing on population suicide rates is uncertain.AimsTo investigate the relationship between antidepressant sales and trends in suicide rates.MethodGraphical and quantitative assessment of trends in suicide and antidepressant sales in Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland.ResultsSuicide rates declined in all four countries during the 1990s, whereas antidepressant sales increased by 3- to 4-fold. Decreasing suicide rates in Sweden and Denmark preceded the rise in anti-depressant sales by over 10 years, although the reductions accelerated between 1988 and 1990. In Norway, a modest but short-lived decline in suicide rates began around the time of the increase in antidepressant sales. In Finland, decreases in male suicide rates and to a lesser extent in female suicide rates began around the time of increased antidepressant sales. In all four countries decreases in suicide rates appeared to precede the widespread use of SSRIs.ConclusionsWe found mixed evidence that increases in antidepressant sales have coincided with a reduction in the number of suicides in Nordic countries.

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