Seasonal Fluctuation of Suicide in Hungary Between 1970–2000
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The authors studied the seasonal fluctuation of suicide events in Hungary in a 31-year period. A summer maximum and a winter minimum were found in both genders. A second autumn peak did not occur among women. The suicide rate of Hungary fell markedly in 1998, parallel with the fundamental political-economical-social changes in the country. After 1988 the ANOVA statistic did show a moderate decrease in the seasonal fluctuation but only among those under 29 years of age. This young generation was the real "winner" of the deep social changes which suggests an indirect connection between the decrease of the seasonal fluctuation of suicide and the socio-political changes.
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Background
- Authors
- Zonda, T., Bozsonyi, K., & Veres, E.
- Affiliations
- Hungarian Central Statistical Office (HU)
- Corresponding author
- Zonda, Tamás
- ORCID
- Bozsonyi, Károly
- Venue
- Archives of Suicide Research
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2005-01
- Volume
- 9
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 77-85
- ISSN
- 1381-1118 (ISSN-L)
- 1543-6136
- OpenAlex
- W2092520193
- Cited by
- 29
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2022: 2 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 1 · 2014: 4 · 2013: 3
- FWCI
- 0.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Archives of Suicide Research (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Injury Epidemiology and Prevention
- Keywords
- suicide rates, Hungary, gender differences, age differences, social and political change, economic transition, post-communist transition
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Female, Humans, Hungary, Male, Politics, Seasons, Social Change, Suicide, Incidence
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