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| Title: | Suicide and Other External-Cause Mortality Statistics in Ireland |
| Authors: | Corcoran, Paul
Arensman, Ella
O'Mahony, Desmond |
| Affiliation: | National Suicide Research Foundation |
| Citation: | Suicide and Other External-Cause Mortality Statistics in Ireland 2006, 27 (3):130 Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention |
| Journal: | Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention |
| Issue Date: | 2006 |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10147/221313 |
| DOI: | 10.1027/0227-5910.27.3.130 |
| Additional Links: | http://psycontent.metapress.com/openurl.asp?genre=article&id=doi:10.1027/0227-5910.27.3.130 |
| Type: | Article |
| Language: | en |
| Description: | There are two sets of annual mortality statistics released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) in Ireland, one based on deaths
registered in the particular year and the other based on the deaths that occurred in that year. We compared the registration and occurrence
figures for suicide and for other deaths by an external cause for the years 1987–2003. The occurrence figures were, on average, 6% higher
than the registration figures. There was evidence that the extent of the discrepancy increased over the study period, reaching almost 20%
in recent years. The findings suggest that caution needs to be taken in the media reporting of registration figures for suicide and other
external causes of death in Ireland and in the interpretation of these figures by health professionals. |
| ISSN: | 0227-5910 |
| Appears in Collections: | NSRF
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