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| Title |
Suicide in Sri Lanka 1975–2012: age, period and cohort analysis of police and hospital data
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| Published in |
BMC Public Health, August 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2458-14-839 |
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| Authors |
Duleeka W Knipe, Chris Metcalfe, Ravindra Fernando, Melissa Pearson, Flemming Konradsen, Michael Eddleston, David Gunnell |
| Abstract |
Sri Lanka has experienced major changes in its suicide rates since the 1970s, and in 1995 it had one of the highest rates in the world. Subsequent reductions in Sri Lanka's suicide rates have been attributed to the introduction of restrictions on the availability of highly toxic pesticides. We investigate these changes in suicide rates in relation to age, gender, method specific trends and birth-cohort and period effects, with the aim of informing preventative strategies. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 5 | 28% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 6% |
| Thailand | 1 | 6% |
| Unknown | 11 | 61% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 13 | 72% |
| Scientists | 3 | 17% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 6% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 6% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 123 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Portugal | 1 | <1% |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 120 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 18 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 14 | 11% |
| Researcher | 12 | 10% |
| Professor | 8 | 7% |
| Other | 7 | 6% |
| Other | 29 | 24% |
| Unknown | 35 | 28% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 35 | 28% |
| Social Sciences | 11 | 9% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 11 | 9% |
| Psychology | 9 | 7% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 3 | 2% |
| Other | 15 | 12% |
| Unknown | 39 | 32% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 22. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 28 October 2023.
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#1,622,454
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Outputs from BMC Public Health
#1,797
of 16,352 outputs
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#16,381
of 236,297 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Public Health
#34
of 279 outputs
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