AbstractAccording to the official statistics of the Registrar General, the first railway suicide occured in 1852 and more than 10,000 suicides recorded during the period 1852–1949. Throughout this time the number of male cases always exceeded the number of female cases and the railway accounted for a greater proportion of male than female suicides in all but two years. By the early decades of the twnetieth century, the railway was used in 5–6% of male suicides and 3–4% of female suicides. The incidence of railway suicide was correlated with the growth of the railway system offering some evidence for the relationship between availability of a lethal means and suicide rates.


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    Title :

    Railway suicide in England and Wales, 1850–1949


    Contributors:
    Clarke, M. (author)

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1994-01-01


    Size :

    7 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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