Suicide following acute admissions for physical illnesses across England and Wales.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The study aim was to establish and quantify suicide risk following acute admissions for all major physical illnesses, for confirmatory purposes, from two independent information sources from different countries.

Methods

Record linkage of inpatient and death certificate data for 11 004 389 acute admissions for physical illnesses in England and 713 496 in Wales. The main outcome measure was standardised mortality ratios (SMRs) for suicide at 1 year following discharge from hospital.

Results

There were 1781 suicides within 1 year of discharge in England (SMR = 1.7; 95% = 1.6-1.8) and 131 in Wales (SMR = 2.0; 1.7-2.3). Of 48 major physical illnesses that were associated with at least eight suicides in either country, there was high consistent suicide mortality

SUBMITTER: Roberts SE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5964467 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature