Suicide gap among young adults in Scotland: population study

doi:10.1136/bmj.38328.559572.55

BMJ 2005;330:175-176 (22 January), doi:10.1136/bmj.38328.559572.55 (published 22 December 2004)

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Suicide gap among young adults in Scotland: population study

Paul Boyle, professor of human geography¹, Daniel Exeter, postgraduate student¹, Zhiqiang Feng, research fellow¹, Robin Flowerdew, professor of human geography¹

¹ School of Geography and Geosciences, University of St Andrews, St Andrews KY16 9ST

Correspondence to: P Boyle P.Boyle@st-andrews.ac.uk

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Introduction

The number of deaths from suicide increased among young adultsbetween 1981-3 and 1991-3 but fell among older adults.^1
2 Thegap between such deaths in the most and least deprived areasof Scotland widened during this period, particularly for youngadults. We examine changes in suicide rates between 1980-2 and1999-2001 by area according to deprivation for young men andwomen to test whether the gap has widened further.

Participants, methods, and results

The general register office for Scotland provided data on deathsfrom suicide and undetermined causes for 1980-2 and 1999-2001(international classification of diseases, ninth revision (ICD-9),codes E950-E959 E980-E989; ICD-10 X60-X84, Y10-Y34, Y87.0).These were aggregated from the postcodes of those who died toabout 10 000 small areas (CATTs) which are consistent throughtime.³ The suicide rate declined significantly among older adultsaged ³ 45 years, from 22.99 per 100 000 (95% confidence interval21.69 to 24.29) in 1980-2 to 16.73 . . . [Full text of this article]

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