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9366136

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-1-9
pubmed:abstractText
Accumulated data of suicide by self-stabbing in the city of Tokyo (population: approx. 8.1 million. 1994) between 1976 and 1995 was reviewed. The overall numbers of suicides for each year were similar (min.: 1178, max.: 1620, 1346.9 on average), while the annual number of unusual death cases increased gradually (5399 in 1976 to 9226 in 1995). The annual number of suicides by self-stabbing fluctuated irregularly, but was generally low (2.3-4.7%) among modes of suicide. A significant difference was observed between the sex ratio in suicidal self-stabbing and that for all suicide; the male/female ratio is higher in suicidal self-stabbing than in suicides overall. The majority of fatally wounded body sites were in the neck, chest, abdomen, wrists and forearms. Marked differences according to sex were observed in terms of the implements employed for self-stabbing; craft knives, swords and recreational knives, fragments of glass, carpenter's tools and surgical knives were used almost exclusively by men, while more than 80% of women used kitchen knives or razors. No influence of psychiatric history on suicide by self-stabbing was proved.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0047-1887
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
51
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
301-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-9-4
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Suicide by self-stabbing in the city of Tokyo--a review of accumulated data from 1976 to 1995.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Legal Medicine, Saitama Medical School, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article