ArticleBMC psychiatry2010
Spatial distribution of suicide in Queensland, Australia.
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- Suicide and suicidal behavior in the gulf cooperation council countries: a Systematic Review of behavioral patterns, sociocultural determinants, and structural vulnerabilities.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Pooled it
- Quantitative Methods to Detect Suicide and Self-Harm Clusters: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Geospatial clustering of suicide, mental health, sociodemographic and workforce features in Australia.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2026Article
- Australian Youth Self-Harm Atlas: spatial modelling and mapping of self-harm prevalence and related risk and protective factors to inform youth suicide prevention strategies.Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences · 2024Article
- Spatial clustering of fatal, and non-fatal, suicide in new South Wales, Australia: implications for evidence-based prevention.BMC psychiatry · 2017Article
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- The influence of deprivation on suicide mortality in urban and rural Queensland: an ecological analysis.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2014Article
- Socio-environmental drivers and suicide in Australia: Bayesian spatial analysis.BMC public health · 2014Article
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- Spatial clusters of suicide in Australia.BMC psychiatry · 2012Article
- Does place of residence affect risk of suicide? a spatial epidemiologic investigation in Kentucky from 1999 to 2008.BMC public health · 2012Article
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Abstract
backgroundThere has been a lack of investigation into the spatial distribution and clustering of suicide in Australia, where the population density is lower than many countries and varies dramatically among urban, rural and remote areas. This study aims to examine the spatial distribution of suicide at a Local Governmental Area (LGA) level and identify the LGAs with a high relative risk of suicide in Queensland, Australia, using geographical information system (GIS) techniques.
methodsData on suicide and demographic variables in each LGA between 1999 and 2003 were acquired from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. An age standardised mortality (ASM) rate for suicide was calculated at the LGA level. GIS techniques were used to examine the geographical difference of suicide across different areas.
resultsFar north and north-eastern Queensland (i.e., Cook and Mornington Shires) had the highest suicide incidence in both genders, while the south-western areas (i.e., Barcoo and Bauhinia Shires) had the lowest incidence in both genders. In different age groups (≤ 24 years, 25 to 44 years, 45 to 64 years, and ≥ 65 years), ASM rates of suicide varied with gender at the LGA level. Mornington and six other LGAs with low socioeconomic status in the upper Southeast had significant spatial clusters of high suicide risk.
conclusionsThere was a notable difference in ASM rates of suicide at the LGA level in Queensland. Some LGAs had significant spatial clusters of high suicide risk. The determinants of the geographical difference of suicide should be addressed in future research.
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