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Title
Social and psychiatric influences on urban-rural differentials in Australian suicide
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Taylor, R.;  Page, A.;  Morrell, S.;  Harrison, J.;  Carter, Greg
Description
The purpose of this study was to investigate urban-rural differentials in Australian suicide rates, and to examine influences that previously have remained largely speculative. Suicide rates for males (all ages and young adults) were significantly higher in rural areas compared to urban areas. Urban-rural suicide rate differences in males were rendered nonsignificant after adjustment for migrant and area socioeconomic status. Adjusting for mental disorder prevalence, in addition to migrant status, reduced the excess suicide risk in rural areas; the excess was reduced further with addition of mental health service utilization. The implications of this study are that socioeconomic circumstances in rural populations contribute to higher male suicide rates compared to urban areas, but these conditions may be partly mediated by mental disorder prevalence and mental health service utilization.
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Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior Vol. 35, no. 3, p. 277-290
Date
2005
Publisher
Guilford Publications
Keyword(s)
international diagnostic interview;  New South Wales;  young Australians;  mental health;  risk factors;  disorders;  trends;  rates;  metropolitan;  mortality
Resource Type
journal article
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http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/24649
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ISSN:0363-0234
Language
eng
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