ArticleSocial psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology2011
The association between relationship markers of sexual orientation and suicide: Denmark, 1990-2001.
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- Sexual Orientation and Suicide Risk: Examining the Contributions of Hopelessness, Life Satisfaction, and Spirituality.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Sexual Orientation and Disclosure of Suicidal Thoughts Before Suicide Mortality.American journal of preventive medicine · 2023Article
- Attributable risk of suicide for populations in Australia.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
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- Preventable mortality among sexual minority Canadians.SSM - population health · 2022Article
- Sexual Orientation Change Efforts Do Not Increase Suicide: Correcting a False Research Narrative.Archives of sexual behavior · 2022Article
- Evaluation of Suicide Mortality Among Sexual Minority US Veterans From 2000 to 2017.JAMA network open · 2020Article
- Suicide among persons who entered same-sex and opposite-sex marriage in Denmark and Sweden, 1989-2016: a binational, register-based cohort study.Journal of epidemiology and community health · 2020Article
- Mortality from suicide among people living with HIV and the general Swiss population: 1988-2017.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2019Article
- Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors Among First-Year College Students: Results From the WMH-ICS Project.Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry · 2018Article
- Sociodemographic Antecedent Validators of Suicidal Behavior: A Review of Recent Literature.Current psychiatry reports · 2016Review
- Self-reported suicide ideation and attempts, and medical care for intentional self-harm in lesbians, gays and bisexuals in Sweden.Journal of epidemiology and community health · 2016Article
- Suicide in married couples in Sweden: Is the risk greater in same-sex couples?European journal of epidemiology · 2016Article
- Sexual Orientation and All-Cause Mortality Among US Adults Aged 18 to 59 Years, 2001-2011.American journal of public health · 2016Article
- Prevalence and risk factors for lifetime suicide ideation, plan and attempt in Chinese men who have sex with men.BMC psychiatry · 2016Article
- Collecting Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Data in Suicide and Other Violent Deaths: A Step Towards Identifying and Addressing LGBT Mortality Disparities.LGBT health · 2015Article
- Mortality risks among persons reporting same-sex sexual partners: evidence from the 2008 General Social Survey-National Death Index data set.American journal of public health · 2015Article
- Nonsuicidal self-injury in sexual minority college students: a test of theoretical integration.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2015Article
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Abstract
objectiveMinority sexual orientation has been repeatedly linked to elevated rates of suicide attempts. Whether this translates into greater risk for suicide mortality is unclear. We investigated sexual orientation-related differences in suicide mortality in Denmark during the initial 12-year period following legalization of same-sex registered domestic partnerships (RDPs).
methodUsing data from death certificates issued between 1990 and 2001 and population estimates from the Danish census, we estimated suicide mortality risk among individuals classified into one of three marital/cohabitation statuses: current/formerly in same-sex RDPs; current/formerly heterosexually married; or never married/registered.
resultsRisk for suicide mortality was associated with this proxy indicator of sexual orientation, but only significantly among men. The estimated age-adjusted suicide mortality risk for RDP men was nearly eight times greater than for men with positive histories of heterosexual marriage and nearly twice as high for men who had never married.
conclusionsSuicide risk appears greatly elevated for men in same-sex partnerships in Denmark. To what extent this is true for similar gay and bisexual men who are not in such relationships is unknown, but these findings call for targeted suicide prevention programs aimed at reducing suicide risk among gay and bisexual men.
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