Brugha T, Walsh D
Br J Psychiatry. 1978 Feb;132:177-9. doi: 10.1192/bjp.132.2.177.
It is known that official suicide statistics underestimate the incidence of suicide, but it is not clear whether the extent of under-reporting remains constant. An examination of coroners' records in Dublin from 1900 to 1904 and comparison with a similar series in 1964--68 suggests that the underestimation was of similar proportions in both series. It is suggested, therefore, that official suicide statistics are likely to reflect valid temporal changes in suicide and are therefore of value for the study of socio-economic influences on trends in suicide frequency.
众所周知，官方的自杀统计数据低估了自杀发生率，但漏报程度是否保持不变尚不清楚。对都柏林1900年至1904年验尸官记录的审查以及与1964 - 1968年类似系列记录的比较表明，两个系列中的低估比例相似。因此，有人认为官方的自杀统计数据可能反映了自杀率的有效时间变化，因此对于研究社会经济对自杀频率趋势的影响具有价值。
