Inter-annual rainfall variations and suicide in New South Wales, Australia, 1964-2001
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01/01/2006
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Resumo |
The suicide rate in New South Wales is shown to be related to annual precipitation, supporting a widespread and long-held assumption that drought in Australia increases the likelihood of suicide. The relationship, although statistically significant, is not especially strong and is confounded by strong, long-term variations in the suicide rate not related to precipitation variations. A decrease in precipitation of about 300 mm would lead to an increase in the suicide rate of approximately 8% of the long-term mean suicide rate. <br /><br /> |
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Idioma(s) |
eng |
Publicador |
Springer Berlin |
Relação |
http://dro.deakin.edu.au/eserv/DU:30009273/n20070085.pdf http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00484-005-0002-y |
Direitos |
2005, ISB |
Palavras-Chave | #suicide #drought #Australia #health #climate |
Tipo |
Journal Article |