Assessment of accuracy of suicide mortality surveillance data in South Africa: Investigation in an urban setting

Crisis

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 74-81

  Burrows, Stephanie ^a,b,c   Laflamme, Lucie ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Institute for Social and Health Sciences   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Medico legal; Misclassifications; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SOUTH AFRICA; SUICIDE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 34547742239     PISSN: 02275910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0227-5910.28.2.74     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. Botha, J.L., & Bradshaw, D. (1985). African vital statistics - A black hole? South African Medical Journal, 67, 977-981.
2. Bradshaw, D., Dorrington, R.E., & Sitas, F. (1992). The level of mortality in South Africa in 1985 - What does it tell us about health? South African Medical Journal, 82, 237-240.
3. Burrows, S. (2005). Suicide mortality in the South African context: Exploring the role of social status and environmental circumstances. PhD thesis, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm.
4. Burrows, S., Bowman, B., Matzopoulos, R., & van Niekerk, A. (Eds.). (2001). A profile of fatal injuries in South Africa 2000: Second annual report of the National Injury Mortality Surveillance System. Cape Town: MRC Press.
5. Burrows, S., Vaez, M., Butchart, A., & Laflamme, L. (2003). The share of suicide in injury deaths in the South African context: Sociodemographic distribution. Public Health, 117, 3-10.
6. Butchart, A. (Ed.). (2000). A profile of fatal injuries in South Africa 1999: First annual report of the National Injury Mortality Surveillance System. Johannesburg: Injury and Violence Surveillance Consortium.
7. Butchart, A., Peden, M., Matzopoulos, R., Phillips, R., Burrows, S., Bhagwandin, N. et al. (2001). The South African National Nonnatural Mortality Surveillance System: Rationale, pilot results, and evaluation. South African Medical Journal, 91, 408-417.
8. Cantor, C., McTaggart, P., & De Leo, D. (2001). Misclassification of suicide: The contribution of opiates. Psychopathology, 34, 140-146.
9. Flisher, A.J., Joubert, G., & Yach, D. (1992). Mortality from external causes in South African adolescents, 1984-1986. South African Medical Journal, 81, 77-80.
10. Flisher, A.J., & Parry, C.D.H. (1994). Suicide in South Africa: An analysis of nationally registered mortality data for 1984-1986. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 90, 348-353.
11. Jobes, D.A., Berman, A.L., & Josselson, A.R. (1987). Improving the validity and reliability of medico-legal certifications of suicide. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 17, 310-25.
12. Jobes, D.A., Casey, J.O., Berman, A.L., & Wright, D.G. (1991). Empirical criteria for the determination of suicide manner of death. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 36, 244-256.
13. Kibel, S.M., Bradshaw, D., & Joubert, G. (1990). Trends in childhood injury mortality in three South African population groups, 1968-1985. South African Medical Journal, 78, 392-397.
14. Kibel, S.M., Joubert, G., & Bradshaw, D. (1990). Injury-related mortality in South African children, 1981-1985. South African Medical Journal, 78, 398-403.
15. Levin, A. (1988). Suicide in Southern Africa: A general overview and research findings. In L. Schlebusch (Ed.), Suicidal behavior. Proceedings of the First South African Conference on Suicidology. Durban: University of Natal.
16. Levin, A. (1992). Suicide patterns and trends in South Africa's population groups. In L. Schlebusch (Ed.), Suicidal behavior 2. Proceedings of the Second South African Conference on Suicidology. Durban: University of Natal.
17. Lindqvist, P., & Gustafsson, L. (2002). Suicide classification: Clues and their use. A study of 122 cases of suicide and undetermined manner of death. Forensic Science International, 128, 136-140.
18. Matzopoulos, R. (2002). (Ed.). A profile of fatal injuries in South Africa 2000: Third annual report of the National Injury Mortality Surveillance System. Cape Town: MRC Press.
19. Matzopoulos, R., Norman, R., & Bradshaw, D. (2004). The burden of injury in South Africa: Fatal injury trends and international comparisons. In S. Suffla, A. Van Niekerk, & N. Duncan (Eds.), Crime, violence, and injury prevention in South Africa: Developments and challenges. Tygerberg: Medical Research Council, University of South Africa.
20. Mkize, D.L. (1992). Suicide rate in Umtata: 1971-1990. In L. Schlebusch (Ed.), Suicidal behavior 2. Proceedings of the Second South African Conference on Suicidology. Durban: University of Natal.
21. Moens, G.F.G. (1990). Aspects of the epidemiology and prevention of suicide. Leuven: Leuven University Press.
22. O'Carroll, P.W (1989). A consideration of the validity and reliability of suicide mortality data. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 19, 1-16.
23. Ohberg, A., & Lonnqvist, J. (1988). Suicides hidden among undetermined deaths. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 98, 214-218.
24. Phillips, D.P., & Ruth, T.E. (1993). Adequacy of official suicide statistics for scientific research and public policy. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 23, 307-319.
25. Phillips, M.R., Li, X., & Zhang, Y. (2002). Suicide rates in China, 1995-1999. Lancet, 359, 835-840.
26. Rosenberg, M.L., Davidson, L.E., Smith, J.C., Berman, A.L., Buzbee, H., Gantner, G. et al. (1988). Operational criteria for the determination of suicide. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 33, 1445-1456.
27. Schlebusch, L. (2000). A overview of suicidal behavior in South Africa in the new millennium. In L. Schlebusch & B.A. Bosch (Eds.), Suicidal behavior 4. Proceedings of the 4th South African Conference on Suicidology. Durban: University of Natal.
28. Schlebusch, L. (2004). Current perspective on suicidal behavior in South Africa. In S. Suffla, A. Van Niekerk, & N. Duncan (Eds.), Crime, violence, and injury prevention in South Africa: Developments and challenges. Tygerberg: Medical Research Council, University of South Africa.
29. Speechley, M., & Stavraky, K. (1991). The adequacy of suicide statistics for use in epidemiology and public health. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 82, 38-42.
30. Stanistreet, D., Taylor, S., Jeffrey, V., & Gabbay, M. (2001). Accident or suicide? Predictors of coroners' decisions in suicide and accident verdicts. Medical Science and Law, 41, 111-115.
31. Statistics South Africa. (2002). Causes of death in South Africa, 1997-2001: Advance release of recorded causes of death. Report No: P0309.2. Pretoria: Statistics South Africa.
32. Statistics South Africa. (2003). Census 2001. Census in brief. Report No: 03-02-03. Pretoria: Statistics South Africa.
33. Warshauer, M.E., & Monk, M. (1978). Problems in suicide statistics for Blacks and Whites. American Journal of Public Health, 68, 383-389.
34. Wassenaar, D.R., Pillay, A.L., Descoins, S., Goltman, M., & Naidoo, P. (2000). Patterns of suicide in Pietermaritzburg 1982-1996: Race, gender, and seasonality. In L. Schlebusch (Ed.), Suicidal behavior 4. Proceedings of the Fourth South African Conference on Suicidology. Durban: University of Natal.