Description

Data on serious suicide attempts in Shandong, China

Format

A data frame with 2571 observations on the following 11 variables.

Person_ID

ID number

Hospitalised

Hospitalised? (no or yes)

Died

Died? (no or yes)

Urban

Urban area? (no, unknown, or yes)

Year

Year (2009, 2010, or 2011)

Month

Month (1=Jan through 12=December)

Sex

Sex (female or male)

Age

Age (years)

Education

Education level (iliterate, primary, Secondary, Tertiary, or unknown)

Occupation

One of ten occupation categories

method

One of nine possible methods

Details

Data from a study of serious suicide attempts over three years in a predominantly rural population in Shandong, China.

Source

Sun J, Guo X, Zhang J, Wang M, Jia C, Xu A (2015) "Incidence and fatality of serious suicide attempts in a predominantly rural population in Shandong, China: a public health surveillance study," BMJ Open 5(2): e006762. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006762

Data downloaded via Dryad Digital Repository. https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.r0v35