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    The trend in suicide methods in South Korea in 1997–2015

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    Authors
    Sohn, Kitae
    Date
    2017
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Sohn, K. 2017. The trend in suicide methods in South Korea in 1997–2015. Death Studies. 41 (5): pp. 303-310.
    Source Title
    Death Studies
    DOI
    10.1080/07481187.2016.1271837
    ISSN
    0748-1187
    School
    Department of Economics & Property
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/61949
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    • Curtin Research Publications
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    © 2017 Taylor & Francis. South Korea exhibited the highest crude suicide rate in the world. To better understand this phenomenon, the author analyzed all suicides in South Korea from 1997 to 2015 and charted the trend in suicide methods by gender. Over time, both genders rapidly chose hanging for suicide at the expense of drug/pesticide poisoning. Gassing was hardly used in the beginning, but its recent gain in use is noteworthy. Including undetermined deaths did not change the main results. The author regressed hanging on demographics and found that hanging was particularly chosen by ever-married men of prime working age with a respectable level of education.

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