Suicide in Australia: meta-analysis of rates and methods of suicide between 1988 and 2007

Byard, Roger W; Austin, Amy; van den Heuvel, Corinna

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb03991.x

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To the Editor: We read with interest the recent meta-analysis of rates and methods of suicide in Australia by Large and Nielssen.1 Previous research has shown a marked increase in hanging suicides in women in South Australia over the 15-year period 1986 to 2000,2 which concurs with the findings of Large and Nielssen at a national level between 1988 and 2007.1

Discipline of Anatomy and Pathology, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA.

Correspondence: byard.roger@saugov.sa.gov.au

1. Large MM, Nielssen OB. Suicide in Australia: meta-analysis of rates and methods of suicide between 1988 and 2007. Med J Aust 2010; 192: 432-437. <MJA full text>
2. Byard RW, Klitte Å, James RA, Gilbert JD. Changing patterns of female suicides: 1986–2000. J Clin Forensic Med 2004; 11: 123-128.
3. Byard RW, Markopoulos D, Prasad D, et al. Early adolescent suicide: a comparative study. J Clin Forensic Med 2000; 7: 6-9.

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