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Method-Specific Suicide Mortality Trends in Australian Men from 1978 to 2017

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Martínez Rives, N. L. ; Dhungel, B. ; Martín Chaparro, P. ; Gilmour, S.
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Psiquiatría y Psicología Social
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https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18094557
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©<2021>. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by /4.0/ This document is the Published Manuscript version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in [International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health]. To access the final edited and published work see[https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18094557]
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In 2017 Australia saw the highest overall suicide rate in the past 10 years, with male suicide rates three times higher than in women. Since the mid-1980s there have been major changes in suicide epidemiology in Australia with large shifts in method of suicide among both men and women. This study examined method-specific suicide trends in Australian men over the past 40 years by state. Suicide mortality data for the period 1978 to 2017 was obtained from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) National Mortality Database and log-linear Poisson regression analysis was used to analyse suicide mortality. This study found large differences between states in patterns and trends in suicide mortality from 1978 to 2017. Hanging, gas and firearms were the most common methods of suicide in Australia. We found statistically significant increasing trends in hanging suicide among men in all six states. The study findings highlight the growing concern of hanging-related suicide in all states in Australia since the late 1970s. New suicide prevention strategies focusing on the ubiquity and ease of hanging as a method will be needed in order for Australia to reduce suicide mortality in future.
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Australia , men , method-specific , suicide
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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/1/336
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http://hdl.handle.net/10201/112843
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