Suicide and attempted suicide in France: results of a general practice sentinel network, 1999-2001

The continuous surveillance of suicide and attempted suicide cases was added to the tasks of the French Sentinel Network of General Practitioners (GPs) in 1999. In 2001, 9700 suicides were estimated to have occurred and an estimated 61 500 attempted suicide cases were diagnosed by GPs, representing...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:British journal of general practice 2004-04, Vol.54 (501), p.282-284
Main Authors: Le Pont, Françoise, Letrilliart, Laurent, Massari, Véronique, Dorléans, Yves, Thomas, Guy, Flahault, Antoine
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Family Practice - statistics & numerical data
Female
France - epidemiology
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Population Surveillance
Suicide - statistics & numerical data
Suicide, Attempted - statistics & numerical data
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:The continuous surveillance of suicide and attempted suicide cases was added to the tasks of the French Sentinel Network of General Practitioners (GPs) in 1999. In 2001, 9700 suicides were estimated to have occurred and an estimated 61 500 attempted suicide cases were diagnosed by GPs, representing approximately 40% of cases nationwide. The majority of suicide and attempted suicide cases involved women (67%) and 43% of all cases involved patients aged 25-44 years. The fatality rate increased with age. About 80% of GPs complied with the current recommendation to refer patients who had attempted suicide to hospital.
ISSN:0960-1643