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- Title:
Ten-year incidence and time trends of railway suicides in Germany from 1991 to 2000.
- Document type:
- Journal Article; Article
- Author(s):
- Baumert, J; Erazo, N; Ladwig, KH
- Abstract:
- BACKGROUND: Railway suicides strongly impact psychological and socioeconomic aspects of the railway company, its employees and possible eye witnesses. We aimed to assess the incidence of railway suicides compared with the total burden of suicides in Germany and its time trend over a 10-year observation period. METHODS: From 1991 to 2000, a total of 8,653 fatal railway suicides were recorded by the national central registry of all passenger accidents on the German railway net. To assess time trends, the average annual percentage change (AAPC) of the number of suicides was estimated using Poisson regression. Adjustments were made for two age groups and measures of availability. RESULTS: Railway suicides accounted for 7.0% (annual range 5.0-7.9%) of all suicides in Germany. The time trend of the number of suicides by all means declined, with a significant stronger decline for older subjects [AAPC -2.2; 95% confidence intercal (CI) -3.0 to -1.5; and -4.2; 95% CI -5.2 to -3.0]. An AAPC of 1.8% (95% CI 0.1-3.4) indicated an increasing time trend of the number of railway suicides for subjects aged
- Journal title abbreviation:
- Eur J Public Health
- Year:
- 2006
- Journal volume:
- 16
- Journal issue:
- 2
- Pages contribution:
- 173-8
- Language:
- eng
- Fulltext / DOI:
- doi:10.1093/eurpub/cki060
- Pubmed ID:
- http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16093307
- Print-ISSN:
- 1101-1262
- TUM Institution:
- Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie
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