Kelly S, Bunting J
Popul Trends. 1998 Summer(92):29-41.
This article, the first of two, updates previous analyses of suicides published in Population Trends. Suicide trends in England and Wales are analysed by age and sex. Analyses by method and occupation suggest a link between suicide rates and easy access to effective means of committing suicide. The steadily growing number of cars with catalytic converters may go some way to explain the decreasing suicide rates from 'other gas poisoning' for both men and women since the early 1990s. Indeed, it may also explain to some extent the decline in overall suicide rates for men since this time.
本文是系列文章中的第一篇，更新了此前发表在《人口趋势》上关于自杀问题的分析。按年龄和性别对英格兰和威尔士的自杀趋势进行了分析。按方法和职业进行的分析表明，自杀率与能否轻易获得有效的自杀手段之间存在联系。自20世纪90年代初以来，装有催化转化器的汽车数量稳步增加，这在一定程度上或许可以解释男性和女性因“其他气体中毒”导致的自杀率下降的现象。实际上，这在一定程度上也或许可以解释自那时以来男性总体自杀率的下降。
