Abstract
DEATH from suicide is generally agreed to be under-recorded. It is argued that suicide statistics are therefore too unreliable to be of value for research into the causes of suicide.
This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution
Access options
Subscribe to this journal
Receive 51 print issues and online access
$199.00 per year
only $3.90 per issue
Buy this article
- Purchase on SpringerLink
- Instant access to the full article PDF.
USD 39.95
Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout
Similar content being viewed by others
References
Dublin, L. I., Suicide, 216 (Ronald Press, New York, 1963).
WHO Epidem. Vital Statis. Rep., 14, 145 (1961).
WHO Epidem. Vital Statis. Rep., 17, 535 (1964).
WHO Epidem. Vital Statis. Rep., 19, 541 (1966).
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
SAINSBURY, P., BARRACLOUGH, B. Differences between Suicide Rates. Nature 220, 1252 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/2201252a0
Received:
Issue date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/2201252a0
This article is cited by
-
Suicide of first-generation immigrants in Australia, 1974–2006
Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology (2012)
-
Attempted suicide among immigrants in European countries: an international perspective
Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology (2012)
-
Trends in adolescent suicide mortality in the WHO European Region
European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (2004)
-
Suicide in South Tyrol 1980–1992: Influence of affiliation to different language groups
European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience (1996)
-
Suicide trends in eight predominantly English-speaking countries 1960?1989
Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology (1996)
