Objectives: The premimary purpose of this study is to investigate and compare the geographical variations of violent and nonviolent suicide rates in three different periods, by mapping across 350 townships in Taiwan. Secondary purpose, this study applies a multilevel logistic regression analysis to access the individual socioeconomic characteristics, township-level variables, and cross-level effects of suicidal deaths that use violent or nonviolent method and the people aged 20-64 during 1999 to 2007(n=27,970). Conclusions: As age increases, male, unemployed and suicides occured in the spring and summer had a significantly higher likelihood of commiting suicide by violent method. Additionally, compared to low socio-economic, suicidal person who lived in a high cluster of socio-economic also had a significantly higher risk to choose violent suicide method. Furthermore, cross-level interaction effect was observed in multilevel logistic models. The results demonstrate that, besides individual characteristics, suicide prevention strategies should also consider the socio-economic difference between urban and rural areas.

資料來源:http://handle.ncl.edu.tw/11296/ndltd/20673843645016152892