Register for Suicide Attempts

Register for Suicide Attempts

Register for Suicide Attempts covers the period 1989-2008 and lists suicide attempts in the district of Funen which result in contact to a hospital because of hospitalisation or visit at an emergency ward at a somatic or a psychiatric department with contact reason E4 (suicide, suicide attempt, deliberate self harm).

The register is worked out by Centre for Suicide Research on the basis of case records from emergency sections and hospitalisations. The register contains ca. 10.000 suicide attempts carried out by ca. 6.000 individuals. Many of the suicide attempters have attempted more than once.

The register contains information about the suicide attempt method, date and exact hour of the attempt and to what extent the attempt results in hospitalisation. In addition, information about the individual is registered - that is sex, age, marital status and living arrangements, nationality and municipality of residence, education, occupation and economy. The register is used for working out statistics of suicide attempts and for research.

An article in Danish Medical Bulletin describes the register in further detail. Click here for article

From the pool of statistics one can generate data from the registers and see them as tables. The pool of statistics is not in English, please contact statistician Boerge Jensen , for statistical information.

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