Reason for suicidal drowning by elderly people in Dade County, (Miami) Florida.
|
Reasons |
Number | Percent |
|
Concern over health |
83 | 37.3 |
|
Alcohol |
1 | 0.45 |
|
"Felt burden" |
1 | 0.45 |
|
World situation |
1 | 0.45 |
|
Tired; better dead |
5 | 2.3 |
|
Finances |
5 | 2.3 |
|
Lonely |
3 | 1.4 |
|
Quality of life |
3 | 1.4 |
|
Aging |
5 | 2.3 |
|
Lawsuit |
2 | 0.9 |
|
Loss of relative |
15 | 6.7 |
|
Health of relative |
2 | 0.9 |
|
Change in environment (eg moving) |
7 | 3.2 |
|
"Nerves" |
2 | 0.9 |
|
Depressed |
30 | 13.5 |
|
Psychiatric history |
9 | 4.1 |
|
Lack of work |
1 | 0.45 |
|
Argument with spouse |
2 | 0.9 |
|
Depressed by child's divorce |
1 | 0.45 |
|
Unknown |
44 | 19.5 |
Source: Copeland-AR Suicide by drowning. Am-J-Forensic-Med-Pathol. 1987 Mar; 8(1): 18-22. Quote marks in table are from Copeland.