Association of national cancer mortality and suicide rates.
Using WHO data from 1996 instead of 1990, the authors replicated and extended Knodrichin and Lester's 2001 study. Like their study, our total rates of cancer mortality and suicide in a similar sample of 37 European nations of the world were estimated to be positively associated.
Bridges
F Stephen
FS
Division of Health, Leisure and Exercise Science, The University of West Florida, Pensacola 32514-5750, USA. fbridges@uwf.edu
Williamson
C Bennett
CB
D002423:Cause of Death; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005060:Europe / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality* / Q000523:psychology; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications; D013405:Suicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014944:World Health Organization