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American Journal of Public Health, 10.2105/AJPH.2005.075812

Research and Practice

Changing Times: A Longitudinal Analysis of International Firearm Suicide Data

Vladeta Ajdacic-Gross 1*, Martin Killias 2, Urs Hepp 3, Erika Gadola 4, Matthias Bopp 1, Christoph Lauber 4, Ulrich Schnyder 3, Felix Gutzwiller 1, Wulf Rössler 4

1 University of Zurich
2 University of Lausanne
3 University Hospital Zurich
4 Psychiatric University Hospital Zurich

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: vajdacic{at}spd.unizh.ch.


  Abstract

We investigated changes in the proportion of firearm suicides in Western countries since the 1980s and the relation of these changes to the change in the proportion of households owning firearms. Several countries had an obvious decline in firearm suicides: Norway, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Multilevel modeling of longitudinal data confirmed the effect of the proportion of households owning firearms. Legislation and regulatory measures reducing the availability of firearms in private households can distinctly strengthen the prevention of firearm suicides.

Key Words: Health Policy, Mental Health, Prevention, Mortality




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