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Elderly suicide and weather conditions: is there a link?

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Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1997
Tongue: English
Weight: 113 KB
Volume: 12
Category: Article
ISSN: 0885-6230
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1166(199709)12:9<937::aid-gps667>3.0.co;2-o

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✦ Synopsis

Background. Studies of the eect of meteorological factors on suicide have yielded inconclusive and often contradictory results. This may be due to a variety of methodological problems including small numbers and variability in the de®nition of suicide. The relationship has not been examined in the elderly.

Objectives. To study the eect of weather conditions on suicide rate in an elderly population of 40 000 of North Cheshire aged 65 and above. In this study, coroner's verdicts of suicide and open verdict which were recorded in a speci®ed period were included.

Method. Five-year data of deaths resulting from suicide within North Cheshire were analysed in relation to meteorological data, which were measured at the nearest Met oce to the study population.

Results. Signi®cant positive association was demonstrated between suicide in the elderly and hours of sunshine p 0X01 and relative humidity p 0X05. These eects were independent of sex.

Conclusions. Weather may in¯uence suicide in the elderly, probably interacting with biological and social variables. The rate of reported suicide appears to be positively related to ®ne weather conditions, during early summer, and not to extreme weather conditions as previously reported. Method of death appears to be also associated with weather conditions.

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