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The emergency department in surveillance of attempted suicide: findings and methodologic considerations.
  • Published Date:
    1993 May-Jun
  • Source:
    Public Health Rep. 108(3):323-331
  • Language:
    English
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    Public Health Rep
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  • Description:
    The authors conducted one of the first active, population-based public health surveillance systems for detecting suicide attempts in the United States. Surveillance was conducted in all four hospital emergency departments serving a county suburban to Atlanta, GA, with a population of 426,000. Emergency department staff gathered information from all patients who presented with an intentionally self-inflicted injury (suicide attempt) or with thoughts about self-injury (suicidal ideation). During an 18-month period in 1988 and 1989, 798 suicide attempt-related patients were reported, for a rate of 124.7 per 100,000 county residents per year. Females had a higher attempted suicide rate than males, but males had a higher completed suicide rate. Ingestion of drugs or poison was the most common method of attempted suicide (71.1 percent), and use of firearms was the most common method of completed suicide (69.8 percent). In comparing reported cases with those found by reviewing emergency department log books, the authors found that the case reports were 58 percent complete and that surveillance reporting was highly representative of all cases requiring emergency transport. The authors conclude that emergency department-based surveillance for attempted suicide is feasible. It can provide representative data that may be used to monitor trends in attempted suicide and to define high-risk groups. Such surveillance may also allow timely detection of suicide attempt clusters, facilitating prompt intervention.
  • Subject:
  • Pubmed ID:
    8497570
  • Pubmed Central ID:
    PMCnull
  • Document Type:
    Journal Article
  • Place as Subject:
    Atlanta, GA
  • Collection(s):
    Public Health Reports
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      Personal Author:
      Liller, K D; Kent, E B; Arcari, C; McDermott, R J;
      Published Date:
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      Source:
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      Description:
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      Published Date:
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      Source:
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      Description:
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      Published Date:
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      Source:
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      Source:
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      Published Date:
      1993 May-Jun
      Source:
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      File Type:
      Filetype[PDF - 186.47 KB]
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      Published Date:
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      Source:
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      Personal Author:
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      Published Date:
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      Source:
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      Description:
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      File Type:
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      Published Date:
      May-Jun 1993
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 108 (3)
      File Type:
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      Personal Author:
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      Published Date:
      1993 May-Jun
      Source:
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      Description:
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      Personal Author:
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      Published Date:
      1993 May-Jun
      Source:
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      Description:
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      Personal Author:
      Flaskerud, J H; Uman, G;
      Published Date:
      1993 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 108(3):298-304
      Description:
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      Filetype[PDF - 1.31 MB]
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      Personal Author:
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      Published Date:
      1993 May-Jun
      Source:
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      Description:
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      Personal Author:
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      Published Date:
      1993 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 108(3):332-339
      Description:
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      Published Date:
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      Source:
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      Personal Author:
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      Published Date:
      1993 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 108(3):285-293
      Description:
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      Personal Author:
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      Published Date:
      1993 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 108(3):363-371
      Description:
      National data reveal that low birth weight and infant mortality rates among Hispanics are, in general, between the rates for whites and those for blacks. The question remains, do differences in low birth weight reflect distributions of known risk fac...
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      Personal Author:
      Rowland, Michael L.; Forthofer, Ronald N.;
      Published Date:
      1993 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 108(3):380-386
      Description:
      There is a potential for nonresponse bias in most population studies using health examinations. This is true of the Mexican American portion of the Hispanic Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (HHANES), conducted by the National Center for Health...
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      Personal Author:
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      Published Date:
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      Source:
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      File Type:
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      Personal Author:
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      Published Date:
      1993 May-Jun
      Source:
      Public Health Rep. 108(3):279-284
      Description:
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