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Contrasting Suicide Rates in Industrial Communities

From the Department of Psychiatry in the University of Sheffield

ABSTRACT

Differences between the suicide rates of industrial communities have been investigated. Contrary to expectation the smallest of three populations investigated had the highest suicide rate while the incidence of suicide in one of the two larger cities was exceptionally small.

Both anomalies could be explained by differences in the composition of the populations and their social mobility.

The excessive suicide rate in the smaller community was associated with an increase of suicides among females and of poisoning with domestic gas. The possible causes of these peculiarities have been discussed.

Two of the three samples of suicide were investigated for the incidence of physical illness which was found to have been present in about two-thirds of the members of the two groups.