The Reliability of Reported Suicide Mortality Statistics: An Experience from Belgium

Moens G F G (School of Public Health, University of Leuven, Vital Decosterstraat 102, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium). The reliability of reported suicide mortality statistics: an experience from Belgium. International Journal of Epidemiology 1985, 14: 272–275. To assess the reliability of official Belgian suicide statistics in epidemiological comparisons on national and on district level, various mortality indicators for suicide, undetermined deaths, accidental poisoning deaths and ‘estimated’ suicide in 1968–1972 and 1978–1981 were compared. Results did not reveal important bias on national comparis... Mehr ...