Michaud P A
Schweiz Med Wochenschr. 1984 Feb 4;114(5):172-7.
Violent deaths include those by accident (in traffic or otherwise), suicide and homicide. The present article studies, for different age groups (children, adolescents, youth, adults and elderly), the evolution of violent death rates in Switzerland over a ten-year period, on the basis of the data collected by the Federal Office for Statistics. These rates show two peaks, in the 15-24 age group and in the elderly (70-74 years of age). From 1 year to 35 years of age, violence is the most common cause of death. From 1970 to 1980, violent death rates tended to decrease for all the age groups considered except the 15-24 year olds, for whom it increased. This last trend is particularly marked for females, so that the difference between violent death rates in women and men is narrowing. Methodological aspects of studies of this kind are discussed, comparisons are drawn with research in other countries and some practical implications of our results are presented.
暴力死亡包括意外死亡（交通事故或其他意外）、自杀和他杀。本文基于联邦统计局收集的数据，研究了瑞士不同年龄组（儿童、青少年、青年、成年人和老年人）在十年间暴力死亡率的变化情况。这些死亡率在15 - 24岁年龄组和老年人（70 - 74岁）中呈现出两个峰值。从1岁到35岁，暴力是最常见的死亡原因。1970年至1980年期间，除了15 - 24岁年龄组的暴力死亡率有所上升外，其他所有考虑的年龄组的暴力死亡率都呈下降趋势。这一趋势在女性中尤为明显，以至于女性和男性的暴力死亡率差异正在缩小。本文讨论了此类研究的方法学问题，与其他国家的研究进行了比较，并阐述了研究结果的一些实际意义。
