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Title: | Influence of cohort effects on patterns of suicide in England and Wales, 1950-1999 | Authors: | Gunnell, David J. Middleton, Nicos Whitley, Elise Dorling, Danny F L Frankel, Stephen J. |
Major Field of Science: | Medical and Health Sciences | Keywords: | Suicide;Age-period-cohort | Issue Date: | Feb-2003 | Source: | The British Journal of Psychiatry, 2003, Vol. 182, no. 2, pp. 164-170 | Volume: | 182 | Issue: | 2 | Start page: | 164 | End page: | 170 | Journal: | The British Journal of Psychiatry | Abstract: | Background: Age- and gender-specific suicide ratesin England and Wales have changed considerably since 1950. Aims: To assess whether cohort effects underlie some of these changes. Method: Graphical displays to assess age-period-cohort effects on suicide for the period 1950-1999. Results: Successive male birth cohorts born after 1940 carried with them, as they aged, a greater risk of suicide than their predecessors although this effect diminished for the 1975 and 1980 birth cohorts.There was less clear evidence of any increased risk of suicide in post-war female birth cohorts. Conclusions: Succeeding generations of males born in the post-war years have experienced increasing rates of suicide at all ages, an observation in keeping with patterns seen in other countries. If these trends continue into middle- and old-age they will lead to a great increase in overall male suicide rates. | URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14279/2029 | ISSN: | 14721465 | DOI: | 10.1192/bjp.182.2.164 | Rights: | © Cambridge University Press | Type: | Article | Affiliation: | University of Bristol | Affiliation : | University of Bristol | Publication Type: | Peer Reviewed |
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