YongJoo Rhee1,2, Dirk Houttekier3, Roderick MacLeod4, Donna M Wilson5, Marylou Cardenas-Turanzas6, Martin Loucka7, Regis Aubry8,9, Joan Teno10, Sungwon Roh11, Mark A Reinecke12, Luc Deliens3, Joachim Cohen3. 1. Department of Health Sciences, Dongduk Women's University, Seoul, South Korea. yrh759@dongduk.ac.kr. 2. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA. yrh759@dongduk.ac.kr. 3. End-of-Life Care Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and Ghent University, Brussels, Belgium. 4. Hammond Care and the University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia. 5. Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. 6. Department of General Internal Medicine, MD Anderson Cancer Center, The University of Texas, Houston, TX, USA. 7. Center for Palliative Care, Prague, Czech Republic. 8. Observatoire National de la Fin de Vie, Croix-Saint-Simon, Paris, France. 9. Service de soins palliatifs CHU, Besançon, France. 10. Division of Geriatric Medicine, Cambia Palliative Care Center of Excellence, University of Washington, Washington, USA. 11. Department of Mental Health Research, Seoul National Hospital, Seoul, South Korea. 12. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.
Abstract
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.
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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Keywords:
Death certificate data; International comparison; Location of death; Suicide
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