An Indian community with a high suicide rate--5 years after.
This report deals with the five year follow-up after a suicide epidemic on a Manitoulin Island Indian Reserve in 1974 and 1975. In the succeeding years, the suicide rate has dropped to a tenth of the level of the epidemic and has reached the levels for the rest of Manitoulin Island including the White and Native population. There has been a corresponding drop in the rate of violent death and of the number of suicide attempts. It is suggested that the multi-dimensional prevention and intervention measures reported here have contributed to a significant improvement in present conditions.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000435:Alcoholic Intoxication / Q000401:mortality; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007198:Indians, North American; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009026:Mortality; D009864:Ontario; D012922:Social Change; D013405:Suicide / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000453:epidemiology; D000092864:Suicide Prevention