Variation in suicide rates between Health Board areas

dc.contributor.authorKelleher, Michael J.
dc.contributor.authorCorcoran, Paul
dc.contributor.authorKeeley, Helen S.
dc.contributor.funderHealth Research Boarden
dc.contributor.funderDepartment of Health, Irelanden
dc.contributor.funderMid-Western Health Board, Irelanden
dc.contributor.funderSouthern Health Board, Irelanden
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-15T13:49:52Z
dc.date.available2016-06-15T13:49:52Z
dc.date.issued1998-04
dc.date.updated2014-11-12T15:45:39Z
dc.description.abstractThis paper examines variations in suicide in the eight Health Boards of the Republic of Ireland for the years 1976 to 1995. It is found that while all have experienced a rise in male suicide, it has been much less pronounced in the Eastern Health Board which is somewhat surprising when one considers Dublin’s much-publicised problems with homelessness and hard drug misuse. Since the mid-eighties, female rates have been somewhat higher in the southern half of the country, comprising the Southern, Mid-Western and South-Eastern Health Boards. This variation may reflect a difficulty with contacting services for psychological distress in rural areas, either because of stigma or simple practical problems associated with transport. The development of appropriate services, especially in rural areas, should be at the top of the agenda of any Resource Officer to be appointed subsequent to the Final Report of the Task Force.en
dc.description.sponsorshipHealth Research Board (Unit Grant); Southern Health Board; Mid-Western Health Board; Department of Health, Irelanden
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationKelleher, M. J.,Corcoran, P. and Keeley, H. S. (1998) 'Variation in suicide rates between Health Board areas', Irish Medical Journal, 91(2), pp. 53-56.en
dc.identifier.endpage56en
dc.identifier.issn0332-3102
dc.identifier.issued2en
dc.identifier.journaltitleIrish Medical Journalen
dc.identifier.startpage53en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/2743
dc.identifier.volume91en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherIrish Medical Organisationen
dc.relation.urihttp://archive.imj.ie//ViewArticleDetails.aspx?ArticleID=259
dc.rights© 1998 Irish Medical Journalen
dc.subjectSuicideen
dc.subjectIrelanden
dc.subjectRural health servicesen
dc.subjectCatchment areaen
dc.subjectRural populationen
dc.subjectTask Force on Suicideen
dc.titleVariation in suicide rates between Health Board areasen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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