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The leading methods of suicide in Taiwan, 2002-2008
BACKGROUND: Diverse socioeconomic and cultural developments between geographic regions and cities/counties have resulted in different physical availability and socio-cultural acceptability of certain methods of suicide. This study examined the changes in distribution of the leading methods of suicid...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2927545/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20704758 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-10-480 |
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author | Lin, Jin-Jia Chang, Shu-Sen Lu, Tsung-Hsueh |
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description | BACKGROUND: Diverse socioeconomic and cultural developments between geographic regions and cities/counties have resulted in different physical availability and socio-cultural acceptability of certain methods of suicide. This study examined the changes in distribution of the leading methods of suicide across cities/counties in Taiwan between 2002-04 and 2006-08. METHODS: Mortality data for all deaths classified as suicide or as of undetermined intent from 2002 through 2008 were extracted for analysis. The number of deaths and proportion of completed suicides by four main methods were calculated in order to identify the leading lethal methods in each city/county. RESULTS: Hanging was the leading method of suicide in 18 out of 22 cities/counties in 2002-04 but decreased to 10 out of 22 in 2006-08. On the other hand, charcoal burning was not the leading method in any city/county in 2002-04 but increased to 10 out of 22 in 2006-08. The younger the age of the deceased, the more likely the leading method of suicide changed from 2002-04 to 2006-08. Charcoal burning was the most often used method in most cities/counties among those aged 15-44; however, hanging was most frequent for those aged 45 or above. Pesticides were the leading method for the elderly in five counties with a high percentage of agricultural population in 2006-08. CONCLUSION: The leading method of suicide varied by age group and changed from 2002-04 to 2006-08 in Taiwan. This was due primarily to changes in socio-cultural acceptability of the use of charcoal burning as a method for suicide by younger age groups. |
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spelling | pubmed-29275452010-08-25 The leading methods of suicide in Taiwan, 2002-2008 Lin, Jin-Jia Chang, Shu-Sen Lu, Tsung-Hsueh BMC Public Health Research Article BACKGROUND: Diverse socioeconomic and cultural developments between geographic regions and cities/counties have resulted in different physical availability and socio-cultural acceptability of certain methods of suicide. This study examined the changes in distribution of the leading methods of suicide across cities/counties in Taiwan between 2002-04 and 2006-08. METHODS: Mortality data for all deaths classified as suicide or as of undetermined intent from 2002 through 2008 were extracted for analysis. The number of deaths and proportion of completed suicides by four main methods were calculated in order to identify the leading lethal methods in each city/county. RESULTS: Hanging was the leading method of suicide in 18 out of 22 cities/counties in 2002-04 but decreased to 10 out of 22 in 2006-08. On the other hand, charcoal burning was not the leading method in any city/county in 2002-04 but increased to 10 out of 22 in 2006-08. The younger the age of the deceased, the more likely the leading method of suicide changed from 2002-04 to 2006-08. Charcoal burning was the most often used method in most cities/counties among those aged 15-44; however, hanging was most frequent for those aged 45 or above. Pesticides were the leading method for the elderly in five counties with a high percentage of agricultural population in 2006-08. CONCLUSION: The leading method of suicide varied by age group and changed from 2002-04 to 2006-08 in Taiwan. This was due primarily to changes in socio-cultural acceptability of the use of charcoal burning as a method for suicide by younger age groups. BioMed Central 2010-08-13 /pmc/articles/PMC2927545/ /pubmed/20704758 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-10-480 Text en Copyright ©2010 Lin et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Lin, Jin-Jia Chang, Shu-Sen Lu, Tsung-Hsueh The leading methods of suicide in Taiwan, 2002-2008 |
title | The leading methods of suicide in Taiwan, 2002-2008 |
title_full | The leading methods of suicide in Taiwan, 2002-2008 |
title_fullStr | The leading methods of suicide in Taiwan, 2002-2008 |
title_full_unstemmed | The leading methods of suicide in Taiwan, 2002-2008 |
title_short | The leading methods of suicide in Taiwan, 2002-2008 |
title_sort | leading methods of suicide in taiwan, 2002-2008 |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2927545/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20704758 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-10-480 |
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