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© 1988 Oxford University Press

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Sex-Specific Suicide Trends in Canada, 1971–1985

SHIRLEY A. HUCHCROFT* and BRYAN L TANNEY{dagger}

*Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Oncology, Alberta Cancer Board, Tom Baker Cancer Centre 1331–29th Street NW, Calgary, Alberta T2N 4N2. Canada
{dagger}Department of Psychiatry, Univenity of Calgary

Huchcroft S A (Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Oncology, Alberta Cancer Board, Tom Baker Cancer Centre, 1331–29th Street NW, Calgary, Alberta T2N 4N2, Canada) and Tanney B L Sex-specific suicide trends in Canada 1971–1985. International Journal of Epidemiology 1988, 17: 839–843.

The present study analysed changes in sex-specific suicide rates in Canada from 1971 to 1985. A significant increase in the male-to-female ratio of suicide rates was observed. Our analysis of sex-specific age-adjusted rates revealed that this increasing ratio was a function of both increasing male rates and decreasing female rates, but that the latter was more marked. This divergence of male and female rates within the last decade and a half parallels similar changes noted both in the US and in the majority of European countries, but contrasts with a pattern of converging rates throughout North America and much of Europe prior to 1970.

Received 1 April 1988


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