Impending demographic changes mean that the proportion of the elderly in the population will increase. Suicide rates increase with age. The literature on elderly suicide, with emphasis on methodology, cross-national rates and trends, correlates, cultural factors, location and method, attempted suicides and prevention, is critically reviewed in this paper.
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