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New Zealand Suicide Trends: Mortality 1921–2003, hospitalisations for intentional self-harm 1978–2004

Date of publication: 28 November 2006

Summary

New Zealand Suicide Trends: Mortality 1921–2003, hospitalisations for intentional self-harm 1978–2004 summarises trends on suicide and hospitalisations for intentional self-harm by sex, ethnicity, age group, socio-economic status, District Health Board and method. An important reason for publishing trends in suicide data is to inform prevention efforts and to show whether progress is being made to reduce the rate of suicidal behaviours, both overall and for specific population groups.

The Ministry of Health has released New Zealand Suicide Prevention Strategy 2006-2016, a national strategy to address suicide and suicide attempts across all age groups. New Zealand Suicide Trends: Mortality 1921–2003, hospitalisations for intentional self-harm 1978–2004 will contribute to providing baseline data for the evaluation of the New Zealand Suicide Prevention Strategy 2006–2016.

New Zealand Suicide Trends: Mortality 1921–2003, hospitalisations for intentional self-harm 1978–2004 is part of the PHI Monitoring report series and will be updated every five years.
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Publishing information

Date of publication: November 2006

ISBN numbers: Book 0-478-30095-6, Website 0-478-30098-0

HP number: 4330

Citation: Ministry of Health. 2006. New Zealand Suicide Trends: Mortality 1921–2003, hospitalisations for intentional self-harm 1978–2004. Monitoring Report No 10. Wellington: Ministry of Health.

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