Authors: Elmar Etzersdorfer Jakob Klein Nicole Baus Gernot Sonneck Nestor D Kapusta
Publish Date: 2015/03/03
Volume: 127, Issue: 7-8, Pages: 308-313
Abstract
Rates declined in the observed period to an average of 261 per 100000 persons for men 82 for women and 169 in the general population The decrease was found in all agegroups but more marked in women with a reduction by 263 compared with the previous decade than in men 200 reduction Hanging still is the most common method 491 for men and 350 for women although also on the decline Furthermore person years of lost life were calculated also reflecting a decrease from 40702 years in 2000 to 29883 in 2010 Altogether 372551 years of life were lost by suicide in Austria in the period 2000–2010 277998 years among men and 94553 years among women
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