Abstract
Abstract Taking a cross-national approach, this paper points out some important features of the age pattern of suicide in Hungary. It shows that the rise with age in the risk of suicide is much steeper in Hungary than in a sample of other countries. As a result, the degree to which suicide mortality in Hungary exceeds international levels increases as we move along the age axis. It also shows that, unlike many Western countries, the suicide rate for the young remained fairly stable from 1960 to 1980, whereas that for the elderly rose rather steeply during the same period. On the whole, the results suggest that while young suicide has become a major public health concern in many countries, self-destruction in Hungary is still largely a problem of the older age groups.
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