Avtor/Urednik		Marušič, Andrej; Roškar, Saška; Zorko, Maja
Naslov		Undeterminated deaths: are they suicides?
Tip		članek
Vir		Croat Med J
Vol. in št.		Letnik 44, št. 5
Leto izdaje		2003
Obseg		str. 550-2
Jezik		eng
Abstrakt		Aim. To investigate the characteristics of undetermined deaths by examining similarities and differences between undetermined deaths and other death categories, such as suicides, fatal traffic accidents, and remaining deaths. Methods. The group of undetermined deaths was compared to other death categories with respect to sex, age, marita status, and month ofdeath ofthe deceased. A total yearly number of 18.508 deaths in Slovenia in 2001 was analyzed. Results. Significantly more men died in fatal traffic accidents and committed suicide than from undetermined causes Persons dying in fatal traffic accidents and committing suicides were significantly younger than those dying from unde termined causes of death, whereas persons dying from remaining causes of death were older. The marital status profile of persons dying from undetermined causes and those committing suicides were similar. Also, undetermined death and suicides were both more likely to occur in April and May. Conclusion. Underestimation of actual number of suicides could be assumed, given the similarities with the group o undetermined deaths in both seasonality and marital status. As some differences were obtained between the twc groups in sex and age, we may conclude that some cases of older women suicides are concealed within the undeter mined deaths group.
Deskriptorji		ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC SUICIDE MORTALITY CAUSE OF DEATH FATAL OUTCOME AGE FACTORS SEX FACTORS MARITAL STATUS SEASONS SLOVENIA