Railway suicide in England and Wales, 1850-1949

M. Clarke

Social Science & Medicine, 1994, vol. 38, issue 3, 401-407

Abstract: According to the official statistics of the Registrar General, the first railway suicide occured in 1852 and more than 10,000 suicides recorded during the period 1852-1949. Throughout this time the number of male cases always exceeded the number of female cases and the railway accounted for a greater proportion of male than female suicides in all but two years. By the early decades of the twnetieth century, the railway was used in 5-6% of male suicides and 3-4% of female suicides. The incidence of railway suicide was correlated with the growth of the railway system offering some evidence for the relationship between availability of a lethal means and suicide rates.

Keywords: suicide; railway; availability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1994
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