TY - JOUR AU - Stark, Cameron AU - Hopkins, Paddy AU - Gibbs, Diane AU - Rapson, Tracey AU - Belbin, Alan AU - Hay, Alistair PY - 2004 DA - 2004/10/20 TI - Trends in suicide in Scotland 1981 – 1999: age, method and geography JO - BMC Public Health SP - 49 VL - 4 IS - 1 AB - Male suicide rates continued to increase in Scotland when rates in England and Wales declined. Female rates decreased, but at a slower rate than in England and Wales. Previous work has suggested higher than average rates in some rural areas of Scotland. This paper describes trends in suicide and undetermined death in Scotland by age, gender, geographical area and method for 1981 – 1999. SN - 1471-2458 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-4-49 DO - 10.1186/1471-2458-4-49 ID - Stark2004 ER -