Nonresident suicides in England: a national study.
Little is known about the numbers and characteristics of people who travel away from home before dying by suicide. Therefore, this studied attempts to identify the sociodemographic characteristics, location, and method of suicide in people who died distant from home, in a national sample. Data were collected on all English suicides and a patient population; nonresident suicides resided in one Health Authority but died in a different one. Twelve percent of suicides were nonresident and features of these included: young age, social adversity, and severe mental illness. In conclusion, both individual- and area-based factors are likely to contribute to suicide away from home.
Windfuhr
Kirsten
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Centre for Suicide Prevention, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK.
Bickley
Harriet
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While
David
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Williams
Alyson
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Hunt
Isabelle M
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Appleby
Louis
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Kapur
Navneet
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D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D004739:England / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013405:Suicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013997:Time Factors