caa a22 4500 60623974X CHVBK 20210128101304.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150401xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00508-015-0729-3 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00508-015-0729-3 Epidemiology of suicide in Austria during 2000-2010: potential years of life lost: time for the national suicide prevention program [Elektronische Daten] [Elmar Etzersdorfer, Jakob Klein, Nicole Baus, Gernot Sonneck, Nestor D. Kapusta] Summary: Background: This article investigates suicide rates from 2000 to 2010 in Austria, a country with now average rates that had started to decline in the mid-80s. Results: Rates declined in the observed period, to an average of 26.1 per 100,000 persons for men, 8.2 for women, and 16.9 in the general population. The decrease was found in all age-groups, but more marked in women, with a reduction by 26.3% compared with the previous decade than in men (20.0% reduction). Hanging still is the most common method, 49.1% for men and 35.0% for women, although also on the decline. Furthermore, person years of lost life were calculated, also reflecting a decrease from 40,702 years in 2000 to 29,883 in 2010. Altogether, 372,551 years of life were lost by suicide in Austria in the period 2000-2010, 277,998 years among men and 94,553 years among women. Conclusions: Concerning the still observed increase in old age-groups and the huge amount of lost life years, it is argued that implementation of the National Suicide Prevention Programme for Austria is strongly needed. Springer-Verlag Wien, 2015 Suicide nationallicence Austria nationallicence Epidemiology nationallicence Years of potential life lost nationallicence Etzersdorfer Elmar Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Furtbachkrankenhaus, Furtbachstrasse 6, 70178, Stuttgart, Germany aut Klein Jakob Suicide Research Group, Department for Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria aut Baus Nicole Suicide Research Group, Department for Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria aut Sonneck Gernot Kriseninterventionszentrum Wien, Vienna, Austria aut Kapusta Nestor D. Suicide Research Group, Department for Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria aut Wiener klinische Wochenschrift Springer Vienna 127/7-8(2015-04-01), 308-313 0043-5325 127:7-8<308 2015 127 508 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00508-015-0729-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00508-015-0729-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Etzersdorfer Elmar Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Furtbachkrankenhaus, Furtbachstrasse 6, 70178, Stuttgart, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Klein Jakob Suicide Research Group, Department for Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Baus Nicole Suicide Research Group, Department for Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Sonneck Gernot Kriseninterventionszentrum Wien, Vienna, Austria aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kapusta Nestor D. Suicide Research Group, Department for Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Wiener klinische Wochenschrift Springer Vienna 127/7-8(2015-04-01), 308-313 0043-5325 127:7-8<308 2015 127 508