The difference between date of suicidal act and recorded death certificate date in 204 consecutive suicides.
- 1 July 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Public Health Association in American Journal of Public Health
- Vol. 75 (7) , 778-779
- https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.75.7.778
Abstract
The date of death recorded on death certificates (DCD) was compared to the date of the suicidal act (DA) in a consecutive series of 204 suicides. The DA was known to be the same as the DCD in only 46 per cent of the cases. The DA was different from the DCD in 22 per cent of the cases. The difference between the DA and DCD should be taken into consideration in the analysis of temporal trends.Keywords
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