The impact of holidays on suicide in Hungary.
The suicide rate on religious and public holidays was examined for 133,699 suicides for Hungary for the period 1970-2002. For both men and women, more suicides were committed on Monday, while fewer were committed on the weekends. More suicides occurred on New Year's Day than expected. On Christmas Day and on Easter Sunday and Monday, suicides were less frequent only for men, a result consistent with Durkheim's theory. There was less evidence for Gabennesch's broken promise effect on the days after the holidays. National holidays had no impact on the frequency of suicide.
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Hungarian Association for Suicide Prevention, Budapest, Hungary.
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Károly
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Veres
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Lester
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Frank
Michael
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D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006693:Holidays; D006801:Humans; D006814:Hungary / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D017678:Sex Distribution; D016008:Statistical Distributions; D013405:Suicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000706:statistics & numerical data