Suicide Risk Six Times Higher for Women in Less Well-Off Areas

The HeraldJanuary 14, 2005

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YOUNGwomen are almost six times more likely to commit suicide in areas of social deprivation than wealthy areas, research published today shows.

As suicide rates have risen over the last two decades - most markedly among young people - the gap between rich and poor areas of Scotland has widened, according to the new academic study.

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Suicide Risk Six Times Higher for Women in Less Well-Off Areas

The research, published by the British Medical Journal online, found that between 1980 to 1982 and 1...

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