RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Suicide and attempted suicide in France: results of a general practice sentinel network, 1999-2001.
JF British Journal of General Practice
JO Br J Gen Pract
FD British Journal of General Practice
SP 282
OP 284
VO 54
IS 501
A1 Françoise Le Pont
A1 Laurent Letrilliart
A1 Véronique Massari
A1 Yves Dorléans
A1 Guy Thomas
A1 Antoine Flahault
YR 2004
UL http://bjgp.org/content/54/501/282.abstract
AB The continuous surveillance of suicide and attempted suicide cases was added to the tasks of the French Sentinel Network of General Practitioners (GPs) in 1999. In 2001, 9700 suicides were estimated to have occurred and an estimated 61 500 attempted suicide cases were diagnosed by GPs, representing approximately 40% of cases nationwide. The majority of suicide and attempted suicide cases involved women (67%) and 43% of all cases involved patients aged 25-44 years. The fatality rate increased with age. About 80% of GPs complied with the current recommendation to refer patients who had attempted suicide to hospital.