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Suicide in older people – can it be prevented?

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 October 2001

RC Baldwin
RC Baldwin
Affiliation:
Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, UK.
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Editorial

In the UK, one of the strategic aims for the health services is to reduce death by suicide. Older people are over-represented in national suicide figures in most developed countries so they are de facto a high risk group. For example, in the UK, people aged over 65 comprise about 15% of the population but this age group accounts for between 20 and 25% of all completed suicides.

Type
Occasional papers
Information
Reviews in Clinical Gerontology , Volume 11 , Issue 2 , May 2001 , pp. 107 - 108
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© 2001 Cambridge University Press