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The Birthday Blues

Published:2015-03-09 Issue:1 Volume:73 Page:87-94
ISSN:0030-2228
Container-title:OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying
language:en
Short-container-title:Omega (Westport)

Author:

Zonda Tamás¹,Bozsonyi Károly²,Kmetty Zoltán²,Veres Előd³,Lester David⁴

Affiliation:

1. Hungarian Association for Suicide Prevention, Budapest, Hungary

2. Károli Gáspár University, Budapest, Hungary

3. Institute of Health Strategy, Ministry of Health, Budapest, Hungary

4. The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Galloway, NJ, USA

Abstract

The present study analyzed a large sample of 133,421 suicides in Hungary (for the period 1970–2002) for the birthday blues phenomenon. The number of suicides taking place on the individuals’ birthdays was compared with the number expected using chi-square tests. More suicides occurred on birthdays for men of all ages and for women over the age of 60. The birthday blues phenomenon was found for urban and rural suicides, for all marital statuses and for both violent and nonviolent methods for suicide. Possible explanations for these results were discussed.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Life-span and Life-course Studies,Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine,Health (social science)

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0030222815575704

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