Spatial patterning, correlates, and inequality in suicide across 432 neighborhoods in Taipei City, Taiwan

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 222, Issue , 2019, Pages 20-34

  Lin, Chien Yu ^a   Hsu, Chia Yueh ^b   Gunnell, David ^c,d   Chen, Ying Yeh ^e,f   Chang, Shu Sen ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BRISTOL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^f NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Inequalities; Socioeconomic characteristics; Spatial analysis; Suicide

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

CORRELATION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MENTAL HEALTH; NEIGHBORHOOD; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SUICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIVORCED PERSON; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INTOXICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEIGHBORHOOD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL STATUS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SUBURBAN AREA; SUFFOCATION; SUICIDE; TAIWAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BAYES THEOREM; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; YOUNG ADULT;

TAIPEI; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BAYES THEOREM; CHILD; CITIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION DENSITY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SUICIDE; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85058683276     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.12.011     Document Type: Article

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