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International comparison of death place for suicide; a population-level eight country death certificate study
YongJoo Rhee1,2, Dirk Houttekier3, Roderick MacLeod4
1Department of Health Sciences, Dongduk Women's University, Seoul, South Korea. yrh759@dongduk.ac.kr.
Purpose:
The places of death for people who died of suicide were compared across eight countries and socio-demographic factors associated with home suicide deaths identified.
Methods:
Death certificate data were analyzed; using multivariable binary logistic regression to determine associations.
Results:
National suicide death rates ranged from 1.4 % (Mexico) to 6.4 % (South Korea). The proportion of suicide deaths occurring at home was high, ranging from 29.9 % (South Korea) to 65.8 % (Belgium). Being older, female, widowed/separated, highly educated and living in an urban area were risk factors for home suicide.
Conclusions:
Home suicide deaths need specific attention in prevention programs.
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