McCarthy P D, Walsh D
Br J Psychiatry. 1975 Apr;126:301-8. doi: 10.1192/bjp.126.4.301.
This study of suicide in Dublin during 1964-1968 from coroners' records was undertaken to estimate the discrepancy between coroners' verdicts, the national suicide statistics compiled from them and the clinical assessment of probability of suicide by psychiatrists examining the same records. The large difference in numbers of suicides deriving from the two approaches has considerable implications for national suicide statistics, and these have been briefly considered. From the findings presented we believe that we are justified in concluding that: (a) there are real differences in national suicide rates, at least between Ireland, England and Wales, and Scotland, and (b) the Irish suicide rate is low, though not as low as official statistics suggest, and (c) the discrepancy between official and "true" suicide rates in Ireland is greater than in England and Wales and in Scotland.
这项基于验尸官记录对1964年至1968年都柏林自杀情况的研究，旨在评估验尸官裁决、据此汇编的全国自杀统计数据以及检查相同记录的精神科医生对自杀可能性的临床评估之间的差异。两种方法得出的自杀人数存在巨大差异，这对全国自杀统计数据具有重大影响，本文对此进行了简要探讨。根据所呈现的研究结果，我们认为有理由得出以下结论：(a) 各国自杀率确实存在差异，至少在爱尔兰、英格兰和威尔士以及苏格兰之间存在差异；(b) 爱尔兰的自杀率较低，尽管不像官方统计数据显示的那么低；(c) 爱尔兰官方自杀率与 “真实” 自杀率之间的差异大于英格兰和威尔士以及苏格兰。
