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The Epidemiology of Suicide in London

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The paper considers trends in the incidence of suicide in London in relation to national trends and highlights the distinctive fall in its suicide levels. Within London differentials across boroughs and wards are investigated, with particular regard to contextual variability across subpopulations in the impact of social deprivation and social fragmentation (anomie). Patterns of causation also differ for suicide disaggregated by age group and sex. The relevance of these differentials for explaining the distinctive trend in London's overall suicide rate is discussed.

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  • Peter Congdon, 1996. "The Epidemiology of Suicide in London," Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A, Royal Statistical Society, vol. 159(3), pages 515-533, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jorssa:v:159:y:1996:i:3:p:515-533
    DOI: 10.2307/2983329
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    1. Agerbo, Esben & Sterne, Jonathan A.C. & Gunnell, David J., 2007. "Combining individual and ecological data to determine compositional and contextual socio-economic risk factors for suicide," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 64(2), pages 451-461, January.
    2. Enrico Ivaldi & Andrea Ciacci & Riccardo Soliani, 2020. "Urban deprivation in Argentina: A POSET analysis," Papers in Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 99(6), pages 1723-1747, December.
    3. Hsu, Chia-Yueh & Chang, Shu-Sen & Lee, Esther S.T. & Yip, Paul S.F., 2015. "“Geography of suicide in Hong Kong: Spatial patterning, and socioeconomic correlates and inequalities”," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 130(C), pages 190-203.
    4. Fagg, James & Curtis, Sarah & Stansfeld, Stephen & Congdon, Peter, 2006. "Psychological distress among adolescents, and its relationship to individual, family and area characteristics in East London," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 63(3), pages 636-648, August.
    5. Pampalon, Robert & Hamel, Denis & Gamache, Philippe, 2008. "Recent changes in the geography of social disparities in premature mortality in Québec," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 67(8), pages 1269-1281, October.
    6. Peter Congdon, 1997. "Multilevel and Clustering Analysis of Health Outcomes in Small Areas," European Journal of Population, Springer;European Association for Population Studies, vol. 13(4), pages 305-338, December.
    7. Auger, Nathalie & Park, Alison L. & Gamache, Philippe & Pampalon, Robert & Daniel, Mark, 2012. "Weighing the contributions of material and social area deprivation to preterm birth," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 75(6), pages 1032-1037.

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