Goldney R D, Katsikitis M
Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1983 Jan;40(1):71-4. doi: 10.1001/archpsyc.1983.01790010073009.
Age-specific cohort analysis of Australian suicide rates confirmed recent Canadian and American reports of a substantial increase in suicide rate among young age groups. However, it was unable to replicate fully the previous findings that not only did successive birth cohorts have higher suicide rates, but that at each successive five-year period they had higher suicide rates than preceding cohorts had at that age. The major differences could be explained on the basis of the introduction of legislation that restricted the prescription of sedatives. This suggests that although there may be early and lasting effects on successive birth cohorts contributing to a general increase in cohort-specific suicide rates in the countries examined, such rates also can be influenced by changing environmental factors more immediately related to the suicide itself.
澳大利亚自杀率的特定年龄队列分析证实了加拿大和美国最近的报告，即年轻年龄组的自杀率大幅上升。然而，它无法完全重现之前的研究结果，即不仅连续出生队列的自杀率更高，而且在每一个连续的五年期间，他们的自杀率都高于之前同年龄队列。主要差异可以通过限制镇静剂处方的立法的引入来解释。这表明，尽管对连续出生队列可能有早期和持久的影响，导致在所研究的国家中特定队列自杀率普遍上升，但这些自杀率也可能受到与自杀本身更直接相关的环境因素变化的影响。
