Methods used for suicide by farmers in England and Wales
| Autor: | Louise Harriss, Keith Hawton, Sue Simkin, A. Malmberg, Joan Fagg |
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| Rok vydání: | 1998 |
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Male Suicide Prevention Firearms Adolescent Population Poison control Legislation Suicide prevention Occupational safety and health 03 medical and health sciences Age Distribution 0302 clinical medicine Residence Characteristics Cause of Death Environmental health Injury prevention Humans Medicine 030212 general & internal medicine education Aged education.field_of_study Wales business.industry Mortality rate Agriculture Middle Aged Open verdict 030227 psychiatry Survival Rate Suicide Psychiatry and Mental health England Female business |
| Zdroj: | British Journal of Psychiatry. 173:320-324 |
| ISSN: | 1472-1465 0007-1250 |
| DOI: | 10.1192/bjp.173.4.320 |
| Popis: | BackgroundFarmers in the UK have an elevated risk of suicide. It has been suggested that this may be related to their ease of access to dangerous means for suicidal behaviour. The extent to which farmers use these means and changes in their use may be relevant to suicide prevention.MethodData on 719 deaths in farmers of both genders in England and Wales between 1981 and 1993 in which a verdict of suicide or undetermined cause (open verdict) was recorded were analysed.ResultsOf 702 deaths in male farmers, farms were involved in 40.0%, hanging in 29.6%, carbon monoxide in 16.4%, poisoning in 8.0% (over half of which involved agricultural or horticultural poisons) and other methods in 6.1%. There was a considerable excess of deaths due to firearms compared with the distribution of methods of suicide and open verdict deaths in males in the general population. Hanging was also somewhat more frequent. During the study period there was a reduction in firearm death rates, particularly after 1989 when there was national legislation on firearm ownership, registration and storage. There were also fewer farming suicides after this date. By the end of the study period hanging was more frequent than deaths involving firearms.ConclusionsFarmers who commit suicide tend to use methods to which they have easy access. Restriction of the ready availability of such methods, particularly in farmers known to be depressed or otherwise at risk, might prevent some suicides. |
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