A Tale of Two Bridges

Comparative Suicide Incidence on the Golden Gate and San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridges

Datos Bibliográficos

ID13629705
AutoresRichard H Seiden (University of California, Berkeley, autor de correspondencia), Mary Spence (University of California, Berkeley)
Año1984
Volumen14
Número3
Páginas201-209
Fecha de publicación1984-05-01
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)
DOI10.2190/23yl-fcm8-0my5-2xyq
OpenAlexW2111631759
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas10

The Golden Gate Bridge is currently the number one suicide site in the world. In contrast, the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, which was completed six months earlier, is located less than six miles away, and is the same height, has had substantially fewer suicides. The purpose of this study is to describe and analyze the differential suicide patterns at these two structures. Using official records available for the years from 1937 through 1979, the data were analyzed with regard to the respective contributions of availability, suggestion, and psychological/symbolic factors as they enter into the choice of suicide method and location

Archaeology · Bay · Bridge (graph theory · Civil engineering · Forensic engineering · Geography · Golden gate · Incidence (geometry · Medical emergency · Poison control · Sociology · Suicide methods · Suicide prevention · Suicide rates · Demography · Engineering · Gun Ownership and Violence Research · History · Mathematics · Medicine · Suicide and Self-Harm Studies · Gerontology