International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health | |
Trend of Suicide Rates According to Urbanity among Adolescents by Gender and Suicide Method in Korea, 1997–2012 | |
Kyung-Hwa Choi1  Dong-Hyun Kim1  | |
[1] Hallym Research Institute of Clinical Epidemiology, Hallym University, 1 Hallymdaehak-gil, Chuncheon, Gangwon-do 200-702, Korea; E-Mail: | |
关键词: suicide trend; suicide method; Korean adolescents; urbanity; annual percent change; average annual percent change; | |
DOI : 10.3390/ijerph120505129 | |
来源: mdpi | |
【 摘 要 】
This study aims to quantifiably evaluate the trend of the suicide rate among Korean adolescents from 1997 to 2012 according to urbanity. We used national death certificates and registration population data by administrative district for 15–19 years-old adolescents. The annual percent change (APC) and average annual percent change (AAPC) were estimated by the Joinpoint Regression Program. The suicide rate in the rural areas was higher than that in the urban areas in both genders (males (/100,000), 12.2
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