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

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  • Noelia Lucía Martínez-Rives

    (Department of Psychiatry and Social Psychology, University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain
    Shared co-first authorship.)

  • Bibha Dhungel

    (Graduate School of Public Health, St. Luke’s International University, Tokyo 104-0045, Japan
    Department of Health Policy, National Centre for Child Health and Development, Tokyo 157-0074, Japan
    Shared co-first authorship.)

  • Pilar Martin

    (Department of Psychiatry and Social Psychology, University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain)

  • Stuart Gilmour

    (Graduate School of Public Health, St. Luke’s International University, Tokyo 104-0045, Japan)

Abstract

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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  • Noelia Lucía Martínez-Rives & Bibha Dhungel & Pilar Martin & Stuart Gilmour, 2021. "Method-Specific Suicide Mortality Trends in Australian Men from 1978 to 2017," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(9), pages 1-12, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:18:y:2021:i:9:p:4557-:d:543257
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    1. Kevin Chien-Chang Wu & Ying-Yeh Chen & Paul S. F. Yip, 2012. "Suicide Methods in Asia: Implications in Suicide Prevention," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 9(4), pages 1-24, March.
    2. Bibha Dhungel & Maaya Kita Sugai & Stuart Gilmour, 2019. "Trends in Suicide Mortality by Method from 1979 to 2016 in Japan," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(10), pages 1-13, May.
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