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The Changing Profile

Charles P. Hellon, MB, FRCP(C); Mark I. Solomon, PhD

Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1980;37(5):505-510.

Abstract
• The changing contribution of suicide among young persons to the entire suicide profile was examined. Using Alberta Vital Statistics data for the years 1951 to 1977 inclusive, suicide age profiles were constructed for each census year; age-specific changes in rates were compared; suicides by persons aged 15 to 29 years were expressed as a percentage of all suicides 15 years old and older by year and compared to corresponding population figures. Analyses were done for men and women separately and combined. The suicide age profile has shown a significant rise in rates among the young compared with older age groups and the number of suicides by persons between the ages of 15 and 29 has increased to a greater extent than can be explained by shifts in the age structure of the Alberta population.

Author Affiliations
From the Port Alberni Mental Health Clinic (Dr Hellon), and the Alberta Mental Health Services (Dr Solomon), Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Nov 19, 1979.

Read before the second annual meeting of the Alberta Mental Health Advisory Council, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Feb 24, 1979.

Reprint requests to 10030 107 St, South Tower, Ninth Fl, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T5J 3E4 (Dr Solomon).

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