Is there a relationship between elderly suicide rates and educational attainment? A cross-national study (original) (raw)

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Background An independent relationship between smoking cigarettes and completed suicides has been reported in several cohort and case-control studies of younger subjects, but this relationship has rarely been examined in the elderly. Methods The relationship between the prevalence of smoking in males and females and suicide rates in males and females in the age-bands 65-74 years and 75 รพ years was examined using national-level aggregate data from the World Health Organisation and the United Nations Development Programme websites. In addition to univariate analysis, multivariate analysis were conducted to ascertain an independent relationship between the prevalence of smoking and elderly suicide rates.

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