Recent Suicide Rates among Ten Ojibwa Indian Bands in Northwestern Ontario

Datos Bibliográficos

ID13628397
AutoresJohn M Spaulding (Indian Health Service, Phoenix, Arizona, autor de correspondencia)
Año1986
Volumen16
Número4
Páginas347-354
Fecha de publicación1986-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaOMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2190/ftcw-vbxa-mr5j-e90p
OpenAlexW2144051023
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7
Referencias citadas9

This study was designed to investigate the rate of completed suicides for ten Ojibwa Indian bands in Northwestern Ontario for the years 1975 to 1982. Records from Medical Services, Health and Welfare Canada [1], were reviewed for suicide data and individual interviews were conducted with nine native health workers to corroborate these data. Results indicated an overall rate of 61.7 suicides per 100,000 population. Suicide victims tended to be young males who used firearms as a method. Alcohol or drug use was directly involved in over half of the suicides

Environmental health · Geography · Injury prevention · Medical emergency · Occupational safety and health · Poison control · Population · Psychiatry · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Suicide rates · Demography · Medicine · Suicide and Self-Harm Studies · Traumatic Brain Injury Research