The impact of widowhood on Irish mortality due to suicide and accidents

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dc.contributor.authorCorcoran, Paul
dc.contributor.funderHealth Service Executive, Irelanden
dc.date.accessioned2016-07-21T13:55:20Z
dc.date.available2016-07-21T13:55:20Z
dc.date.issued2009-10-20
dc.date.updated2014-10-29T10:40:30Z
dc.description.abstractThe impact of widowhood on suicide and accident mortality in Ireland was investigated using Poisson regression analysis applied to routine data relating to all 10 561 suicidal and accidental deaths of married or widowed persons aged at least 35 years in Ireland during 1986–2005. Mortality rates were almost always higher among the widowed and often by a 2-fold, statistically significant difference. The excess mortality was equivalent to 2083 or 57.6% of all suicidal or accidental deaths of widowed persons in 1986–2005. Routine contact with recently widowed persons by public health professionals may be warranted with a view to reducing their excess mortality.en
dc.description.sponsorshipHealth Service Executive, Ireland (National Office for Suicide Prevention)en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionAccepted Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationCorcoran, P. (2009) 'The impact of widowhood on Irish mortality due to suicide and accidents', European Journal of Public Health, 19(6), pp. 583-585. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckp166en
dc.identifier.doi10.1093/eurpub/ckp166
dc.identifier.endpage585en
dc.identifier.issn1101-1262
dc.identifier.issn1464-360X
dc.identifier.issued6en
dc.identifier.journaltitleEuropean Journal of Public Healthen
dc.identifier.startpage583en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/2915
dc.identifier.volume19en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherOxford University Pressen
dc.rights© The Author 2009. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Public Health Association. All rights reserved. This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in The European Journal of Public Health following peer review. The version of record is available online at http://eurpub.oxfordjournals.org/content/eurpub/19/6/583.full.pdfen
dc.subjectWidowhooden
dc.subjectMortalityen
dc.subjectSuicideen
dc.subjectAccidentsen
dc.subjectIrelanden
dc.subjectPoisson regression analysisen
dc.titleThe impact of widowhood on Irish mortality due to suicide and accidentsen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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