Austin Amy E, van den Heuvel Corinna, Byard Roger W
Discipline of Anatomy and Pathology, Level 3, Medical School North Building, The University of Adelaide, Frome Road, Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia.
Forensic Science SA, 21 Divett Place, Adelaide, SA, 5000, Australia.
Forensic Sci Med Pathol. 2017 Dec;13(4):403-408. doi: 10.1007/s12024-017-9853-x. Epub 2017 Mar 11.
A search was undertaken at Forensic Science South Australia (FSSA) for all cases of suicide registered in South Australia, Australia, over a 10-year period from January 2003 to December 2012. More recent data was not accessioned as not all contemporary cases may have been completed or formally registered. The data were compared to corresponding numbers on two national registers: the National Coronial Information System (NCIS) and the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). A total of 2105 cases of suicide were registered at FSSA, with a death rate of 13.3/100,000 population. NCIS data were available from 2003 to 2010, with 1542 suicides recorded (12.3/100,000 population). ABS data were available from 2003 to 2011, with 1366 deaths coded as suicides (12.4/100,000 population). Significant differences were found between local data on suicides and related data accrued nationally from the same population, with only 67.8% of local drug overdoses recorded on the NCIS. Although this represents an Australian-based study the conclusions have global applications. Thus, given the likely accuracy of local data, reliance on smaller, community-specific datasets in any country/jurisdiction may be of far greater use in analyzing and monitoring such complex cases.
在南澳大利亚法医科学局（FSSA）对2003年1月至2012年12月这10年间在澳大利亚南澳大利亚州登记的所有自杀案件进行了检索。由于并非所有当代案件都可能已完成或正式登记，因此未获取更新的数据。将这些数据与两个国家登记处的相应数字进行了比较：国家死因信息系统（NCIS）和澳大利亚统计局（ABS）。FSSA共登记了2105起自杀案件，死亡率为13.3/10万人口。NCIS的数据可追溯到2003年至2010年，记录了1542起自杀事件（12.3/10万人口）。ABS的数据可追溯到2003年至2011年，有1366例死亡被编码为自杀（12.4/10万人口）。发现当地自杀数据与从同一人群中全国范围内收集的相关数据之间存在显著差异，NCIS上仅记录了当地药物过量自杀案例的67.8%。尽管这是一项基于澳大利亚的研究，但结论具有全球适用性。因此，鉴于当地数据可能的准确性，在任何国家/司法管辖区，依赖较小的、特定社区的数据集在分析和监测此类复杂案件时可能会有更大的用处。
