SUICIDE IN IRELAND 1945-1992 - SOCIAL CORRELATES

Precious studies on suicide in Ireland have concentrated on the reliab ility of official suicide rates and there is a general consensus of op inion that there has been a genuine doubling. of suicide in Ireland ov er the last two decades. The present study supports the view that ther e has been a true rise in Irish suicide rates and aims to examine some of the socio-demographic factors which might explain this rise, Indic ators of anomie and lower integration in society were found to he asso ciated with increased numbers of suicides, However, the relationship b etween suicide and other forms of personal violence is more complex.