caa a22 4500 388073519 CHVBK 20180307125155.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e199912 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0790966700005516 doi S0790966700005516 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0790966700005516 A comparison of suicide in two Irish counties [Elektronische Daten] [John F Connolly, Anne Cullen, Dermot Walsh, Sheila McGauran, Darra Phelan] Objectives: To determine to what extent official suicide rates in counties Kildare and Mayo underestimate the rates as clinically determined, and to examine and compare the association between the sociodemographic characteristics of the two Irish counties and trends in the suicide rates. Method: Populations for the two counties for the years 1988-1994 were calculated. Official suicide mortality data was obtained from the Central Statistics Office. Following examination of the coroners' files for both counties the number of suicides was estimated using clinical criteria. Results: Neither county showed a significant change in suicide mortality over time from 1988-1994. Suicide was underestimated in official mortality data for each county. There were significant differences in the choice of method of suicide with an excess of drowning in Mayo and of shooting in Kildare. Mayo suicides were more likely to be single and unemployed. Conclusions: Much local research is needed before implementing suicide prevention programmes due to the many demographic differences and differences in traditions and choice of method of suicide that exist between counties. Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1999 Suicide Rates nationallicence Sociodemographic factors nationallicence Trends nationallicence Rural nationallicence Connolly John F. St Mary's Hospital, Castlebar, Co Mayo, Ireland. aut Cullen Anne St Mary's Hospital, Castlebar, Co Mayo, Ireland. aut Walsh Dermot Tallaght Hospital, Dublin 24, Ireland. aut McGauran Sheila EHB, Auburn House, Courtown Road, Kilcock, Co Kildare, Ireland. aut Phelan Darra Tralee General Hospital, Tralee, Co Kerry, Ireland. aut Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine Cambridge University Press 16/4(1999-12), 136-139 0790-9667 16:4<136 1999 16 IPM https://doi.org/10.1017/S0790966700005516 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 conference jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0790966700005516 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Connolly John F. St Mary's Hospital, Castlebar, Co Mayo, Ireland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Cullen Anne St Mary's Hospital, Castlebar, Co Mayo, Ireland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Walsh Dermot Tallaght Hospital, Dublin 24, Ireland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- McGauran Sheila EHB, Auburn House, Courtown Road, Kilcock, Co Kildare, Ireland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Phelan Darra Tralee General Hospital, Tralee, Co Kerry, Ireland aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine Cambridge University Press 16/4(1999-12), 136-139 0790-9667 16:4<136 1999 16 IPM CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge