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D Lester

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PubMed1993

Suicide rates in Canada before and after tightening firearm control laws.

In Canada, Bill C-51 was implemented in 1977 to restrict the use of firearms, providing a good opportunity to study the effects of gun control laws in the use of firearms for suicide. The present study examined the use of guns for suicide during the period prior to the bill and during the period after the passing of Bill C-51 to assess the association of the bill with suicide rates. Analysis showed a significant decreasing trend after passage of Bill C-51 on the firearm suicide rate in Canada and the percentage of suicides using firearms. The analysis supports the position that restricting easy access to lethal methods of suicide may assist in reducing suicide.

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PubMed1993

War and alcohol use.

In the USA from 1936 to 1970, the military participation rate predicted alcohol consumption. These two variables combined with unemployment rates to predict accurately suicide rates during this same period.

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PubMed1993

The critical mass theory of suicide.

It was reported in 1987 that nations with higher suicide rates in 1970 experienced greater increases by 1980. The present study did not replicate this phenomenon for the period of 1975 to 1985 using a sample of 32 nations with available data.

Cross-Cultural Comparison↗