Kelleher M J, Corcoran P, Keeley H S, Dennehy J, O'Donnell I
Suicide Research Foundation, College Road, Cork.
Ir Med J. 1996 Jan-Feb;89(1):14-5.
To explore the changing relationship between rates of suicide and undetermined death in Britain and Ireland.
Longitudinal analysis of the official statistics relating to unnatural deaths in England and Wales and the Republic of Ireland between 1976 and 1992.
Male and female rates of suicide and undetermined deaths for Ireland and England and Wales, age adjusted to the standard world population. Ratio of undetermined deaths to suicide.
The official Irish male suicide rate is now much higher than that of England and Wales while the female rates are broadly similar. The rate of undetermined deaths has risen amongst English males and remained stable for females but has significantly fallen off among both Irish males and females. The proportion of deaths classified as 'undetermined' is now very much less in Ireland than in England and Wales.
National plans for suicide prevention in either country cannot be properly audited unless improved procedures are put in place to increase the validity and reliability of the official suicide figures. Each country could beneficially learn from the other in this regard.
探讨英国和爱尔兰自杀率与死因不明死亡率之间不断变化的关系。
对1976年至1992年间英格兰、威尔士和爱尔兰共和国非自然死亡的官方统计数据进行纵向分析。
爱尔兰、英格兰和威尔士按世界标准人口年龄调整后的男性和女性自杀率及死因不明死亡率。死因不明死亡与自杀的比率。
爱尔兰官方男性自杀率现远高于英格兰和威尔士，而女性自杀率大致相似。英格兰男性死因不明死亡率上升，女性保持稳定，但爱尔兰男性和女性的该死亡率均显著下降。现在，爱尔兰被归类为“死因不明”的死亡比例远低于英格兰和威尔士。
除非实施改进程序以提高官方自杀数据的有效性和可靠性，否则任何一个国家的国家自杀预防计划都无法得到妥善审核。在这方面，每个国家都可以从另一个国家有益地学习。
