Seasonality of suicide in Eastern Europe: a rejoinder to Lester and Moksony

Percept Mot Skills. 2004 Aug;99(1):17-8. doi: 10.2466/pms.99.1.17-18.

Abstract

Seasonality of suicide in Hungary decreased from the 1980s to the 1990s, supporting the 2003 conclusion of Lester and Moksony. However, it was the strongest ever to be documented with contemporary suicide data, supporting the conjecture of Voracek, et al. (2002) that seasonality of suicide remains high in Eastern Europe. A new hypothesis regarding the co-occurrence of high incidence and strong seasonality of suicide is presented.

MeSH terms

  • Europe, Eastern / epidemiology
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Seasons*
  • Suicide / statistics & numerical data*