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Attempted suicide in the elderly in England
— age-associated rates, time trends and methods | | Author(s) | Ajit Shah |
| Journal title | International Psychogeriatrics, vol 21, no 5, October 2009 |
| Pages | pp 889-895 |
| Source | http://www.journals.cambridge.org/ipg |
| Keywords | Suicide ; Death rate [statistics] ; Longitudinal surveys ; England. |
| Annotation | The rates of attempted suicides in the 60-74 age band increased over the 9-year study period (1998-2006). Rates of intentional self-poisoning by and exposure to non-opioid analgesics, antipyretics and anti-rheumatics, intentional self-poisoning by and exposure to narcotics and psychotropics, and intentional self-poisoning by and exposure to other drugs acting on the autonomic nervous system increased over the study period in both the 50-74 and 75+ age bands. The rates and the frequency of intentional self-poisoning by and exposure to non-opioid analgesics, antipyretics and anti-rheumatics and intentional self-harm by sharp objects were higher i the 75+ age band compared to the 50-74 age band. The rates and frequency of intentional self-poisoning by and exposure to other drugs acting on the autonomic nervous system, intentional self-poisoning by and exposure to alcohol and intentional self-harm by smoke, fire and flames were higher in the 60-74 age band compared to the 75+ age band. There is a need to develop strategies to reduce access to target the methods of attempted suicide used by older people that are most prevalent and increasing over time. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-090921001 A |
| Classmark | EV: S5: 3J: 82 |
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| ...from the Ageinfo database published by Centre for Policy on Ageing. |
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