The Limitations of Official Suicide Statistics

Ian O’Donnell · Richard D T Farmer

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BACKGROUND: This study explored some of the problems associated with current procedures for the ascertainment of suicide. METHOD: A sample of 242 deaths which were known to have been self-inflicted was followed up through the coroners' courts where causes of death were legally established. RESULTS: Verdicts other than suicide were returned on half of the men, and on one-quarter of the women. CONCLUSIONS: For suicide statistics to become valid indicators of suicide rates it might be more appropriate to apply the civil, rather than the criminal, standard of proof during inquest proceedings.

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