Suicide in the Dar es Salaam region, Tanzania, 2005

References 

1. Sharma BR, Gupta M, Sharma AK, Sharma S, Gupta N, Relhan N, et al. Suicides in Northern India: comparison of trends and review of literature. J Clin Forensic Med. 2006;Epub ahead of print
2. Murray CJL, Lopez AD. The global burden of disease: a comparison assessment of mortality and disability from diseases, injuries, and risk factors in 1990 and projected to 2020. Cambridge (MA): Harvard School of Public Health; 1996;
3. In:  Krug E,  Dahlberg L,  Mercy J,  Zwi A,  Lozano R editor. World report on violence and health. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2002;
4. World Health Organization, Figures and facts about suicide. Department of Mental Health; 1999.
5. Yip PS. Suicide in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Beijing. Br J Psychiatr. 1996;169:495–500
6. Peden M, McGee K, Sharma G. The injury chart book: a graphical review of the global burden of injuries. Geneva: WHO; 2002;
7. Reza A, Mercy JA, Krug E. Epidemiology of violent deaths in the world. Inj Prev. 2001;7:104–111
   • MEDLINE
   • CrossRef
8. Nordberg E. Injuries as a public health problem in sub-Saharan Africa: epidemiology and prospects for control. East Afr Med J. 2000;77(12 Suppl):S1–S43
   • MEDLINE
9. Waern M, Beskow J, Runeson B, Skoog I. Suicidal feelings in the last year of life in elderly people who commit suicide. Lancet. 1999;354:917–918
   • Abstract
   • Full Text
   • Full-Text PDF (36 KB)
   • CrossRef
10. Murphy GE, Wetzel RD. The life risk of suicide in alcoholism. Arch Gen Psychiatr. 1990;47:383–392
11. Appleby L, Cooper J, Amos T, Faragher B. Psychological autopsy study of suicides by people aged under 35. Br J Psychiatr. 1999;175:168–174
12. Platt S. Unemployment and suicidal behaviour: a review of the literature. Soc Sci Med. 1984;19:93–115
    • MEDLINE
    • CrossRef
13. Meel BL. Determinants of suicide in the Transkei sub-region of South Africa. J Clin Forensic Med. 2003;10:71–76
    • Abstract
    • Full Text
    • Full-Text PDF (302 KB)
    • CrossRef
14. Holder Y, Peden M, Krug E, Lund J, Gururaj G, Kobusingye O. Injury surveillance guidelines. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2001;
15. The 2002 Population and Housing Census. Bureau of Statistics, Planning Commission, Tanzania. Dar es Salaam: Government Printers; 2003.
16. Ambade VN, Godbole HV, Kukde HG. Suicidal and homicidal deaths: A comparative and circumstantial approach. J Clin Forensic Med. 2006;Epub ahead of print
17. Dzamalala CP, Milner DA, Liomba NG. Suicide in Blantyre, Malawi (2000–2003). J Clin Forensic Med. 2006;13:65–69
    • Abstract
    • Full Text
    • Full-Text PDF (244 KB)
    • CrossRef
18. Burrows S, Laflamme L. Suicide mortality in South Africa A city-level comparison across socio-demographic groups. Soc Psychiatr Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2006;41:108–114
19. World Bank. World development indicators database. World Bank, 1 July 2006. Retrieved 1/19/2007 from <http://devdata.worldbank.org>.
20. Mohanty S, Sahu G, Mohanty MK, Patnaik M. Suicide in India – a four years retrospective study. J Clin Forensic Med. 2006;Epub ahead of print
21. Moshiro C, Mswia R, Alberti KG, Whiting DR, Unwin N. Setel PW for the MMP Project Team. The importance of injury as a cause of death in sub-Saharan Africa: results of a community-based study in Tanzania. Public Health. 2001;115:96–102
    • Abstract
    • Full-Text PDF (99 KB)
    • CrossRef
22. Inoue K, Tanii H, Abe S, Nata M, et al. Causative factors as cues for addressing the rapid increase in suicide in Mie Prefecture, Japan: comparison of trends between 1996–2002 and 1989–1995. Psychiatr Clin Neurosci. 2006;60:736–745
23. Hawton K. Assessment of suicide risk. Brit J Psychiatr. 1987;150:145–153