Hellon C P, Solomon M I
Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1980 May;37(5):505-10. doi: 10.1001/archpsyc.1980.01780180019001.
The changing contribution of suicide among young persons to the entire suicide profile was examined. Using Alberta Vital Statistics data for the years 1951 to 1977 inclusive, suicide age profiles were constructed for each census year; age-specific changes in rates were compared; suicides by persons aged 15 to 29 years were expressed as a percentage of all suicides 15 years old and older by year and compared to corresponding population figures. Analyses were done for men and women separately and combined. The suicide age profile has shown a significant rise in rates among the young compared with older age groups and the number of suicides by persons between the ages of 15 and 29 has increased to a greater extent than can be explained by shifts in the age structure of the Alberta population.
研究了年轻人自杀对整体自杀情况的贡献变化。利用1951年至1977年（含）的艾伯塔省人口动态统计数据，为每个普查年份构建了自杀年龄分布；比较了特定年龄组的自杀率变化；将15至29岁人群的自杀人数按年份表示为所有15岁及以上自杀人数的百分比，并与相应的人口数据进行比较。分别对男性和女性以及两者合并进行了分析。与老年人群体相比，年轻人的自杀年龄分布显示出自杀率显著上升，且15至29岁人群的自杀人数增加幅度超过了艾伯塔省人口年龄结构变化所能解释的范围。
