The Epidemiology of Suicide in London
研究了伦敦自杀率的变化趋势,发现其下降幅度大于全国水平,并分析了不同行政区、年龄和性别群体中社会剥夺与碎片化对自杀率的影响差异。
The paper considers trends in the incidence of suicide in London in relation to national trends and highlights the distinctive fall in its suicide levels. Within London differentials across boroughs and wards are investigated, with particular regard to contextual variability across subpopulations in the impact of social deprivation and social fragmentation (anomie). Patterns of causation also differ for suicide disaggregated by age group and sex. The relevance of these differentials for explaining the distinctive trend in London's overall suicide rate is discussed.