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Theme
Organizations
Description of project
Years
Number of records or individuals for the cohort
Main investigator(s)
Project coordination
Project numbers
Publications
Theme
Mental Health – Suicide
Organization(s)
Calgary General Hospital
Description of project
The purpose of this study was to examine the survival rates and suicide mortality over a 12 year period after a first-ever admission for a suicide attempt.
Years
Death years: 1979 – 1989
Number of records or individuals for the cohort
876 full cohort and 300 were searched (first-ever inpatient hospital admissions for a suicide attempt admittedbetween 1979 and 1981).
Main investigator(s)
Heather Holley, Calgary General Hospital
Project coordination
Martha Fair, Occupational and Environmental Health Research Section, Health Statistics Division, Statistics Canada
Project number(s)
1992-014
Publications
Holley HL, Fick G, Love EJ. Suicide following an inpatient hospitalization for a suicide attempt: A Canadian follow-up study. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 1998; 33(11): 543-551.
