studyinequalities in suicide: a European comparative

Background Socialfactorshavebeenshowntobepredictorsofsuicide.Itisnotknownwhetherthesefactorsvarybetweencountries.Aims TopresentafirstEuropeanoverviewofsocio-economicinequalitiesinsuicidemortalityamongmenandwomen.MMetethodhod Weusedaprospectivefollow-upofcensusesmatchedwithvitalstatisticsintenEuropeanpopulations.Directlystandardisedratesofsuicidewerecomputedforeachcountry.RReesusulltsts Inmen, alowlevelofeducationalattainmentwasariskfactorforsuicideineightoutoftencountries.Suicideinequalitiesweresmallerandlessconsistentinwomen.Inmostcountries,thegreaterthesocio-economicthegreater thesocio-economicdisadvantage,thehigheristheriskofsuicide.ThepopulationofTurinevidencedsuicide.Thepopulationof Turinevidencednosocio-economicinequalities.Conclusions Socio-economicinequalitiesinsuicideareageneralisedphenomenoninwesternEurope,butthephenomenoninwestern Europe, butthepatternandmagnitudeoftheseinequalitiesvarybetweencountries.Theseinequalitiescallforimprovedaccesstopsychiatriccareforlowersocio-economicgroups.Declarationof interest NNoneone..