title: Suicide in the Ukraine.
abstract: The suicide rates of the 24 provinces (oblasts) of the Ukraine were found to be strongly associated with indices of social disintegration (such as divorce and illegitimacy rates), with the Western provinces incorporated in the USSR later than other Ukrainian territories having lower suicide rates and lower levels of social disintegration.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Sociology, National Academy of Sciences, Minsk, Belarus.
authors.forename: Sergei V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Kondrichin
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lester
mesh_terms: D003710:Demography; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D012924:Social Conditions; D013405:Suicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014455:Ukraine / Q000453:epidemiology