Prevalence of suicide and suicide ideation in Western Australia using linked data sources

This study investigated the associates and prevalence of suicide ideation and suicide-related behaviour in Western Australian adults using linked data from the Health and Wellbeing Surveillance System; the Hospital Morbidity Database System; the Emergency Department Data Collection; the Mental Healt...

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Main Author: Wood, Nerissa
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Curtin University 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1975
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description This study investigated the associates and prevalence of suicide ideation and suicide-related behaviour in Western Australian adults using linked data from the Health and Wellbeing Surveillance System; the Hospital Morbidity Database System; the Emergency Department Data Collection; the Mental Health Information System; and the Mortality Database. The prevalence of suicide ideation was around 5%, while suicide-related behaviour was less than 1%. Only 9% of respondents who self-reported suicide-related behaviour had an intentional self-harm hospitalisation.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-19752019-03-27T02:03:32Z Prevalence of suicide and suicide ideation in Western Australia using linked data sources Wood, Nerissa This study investigated the associates and prevalence of suicide ideation and suicide-related behaviour in Western Australian adults using linked data from the Health and Wellbeing Surveillance System; the Hospital Morbidity Database System; the Emergency Department Data Collection; the Mental Health Information System; and the Mortality Database. The prevalence of suicide ideation was around 5%, while suicide-related behaviour was less than 1%. Only 9% of respondents who self-reported suicide-related behaviour had an intentional self-harm hospitalisation. 2013 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1975 en Curtin University fulltext
spellingShingle Wood, Nerissa
Prevalence of suicide and suicide ideation in Western Australia using linked data sources
title Prevalence of suicide and suicide ideation in Western Australia using linked data sources
title_full Prevalence of suicide and suicide ideation in Western Australia using linked data sources
title_fullStr Prevalence of suicide and suicide ideation in Western Australia using linked data sources
title_full_unstemmed Prevalence of suicide and suicide ideation in Western Australia using linked data sources
title_short Prevalence of suicide and suicide ideation in Western Australia using linked data sources
title_sort prevalence of suicide and suicide ideation in western australia using linked data sources
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1975