title: Do suicides cluster?
abstract: Three series of suicides were examined for evidence of clustering: suicides on the Hong Kong subway (1979-1989), suicides from the Golden Gate Bridge (1999-2009), and suicides in the Wayne County Jail (1967-1992). The inter-suicide intervals were examined for their fit to a random Poisson distribution and found not to differ significantly, indicating that there was no evidence for clustering.
authors.affiliation: The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, 08205-9441, USA.
authors.forename: Russell
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Manson
authors.affiliation: The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, 08205-9441, USA.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lester
authors.affiliation: Rutgers University, Camden, New Jersey, USA.
authors.forename: John F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Gunn
authors.affiliation: Touro University, USA.
authors.forename: Cynthia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yeh
mesh_terms: D001293:Attitude to Death; D002423:Cause of Death; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D006723:Hong Kong; D006801:Humans; D007100:Imitative Behavior; D015994:Incidence; D009042:Motivation; D012307:Risk Factors; D012621:Seasons; D012931:Social Environment; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013405:Suicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States