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- Title
Hotel Room Suicide.
- Authors
Zarkowski, Paul; Avery, David
- Abstract
The objective of our research was to quantify the increased risk of suicide associated with registering in local hotels/motels. Medical examiner case files of suicide in King County, Washington, were reviewed for years 2002–2004. The incidence of suicide in local residents registering in local hotels/motels was 223/100,000, which is significantly greater than the incidence of suicide in the general population of King County (11.7/100,000, p < 0.0001). Hotel/motel guests from outside Washington had a significantly reduced incidence of suicide (3.9/100,000, p = 0.002). The study results suggest that there is an increased risk of suicide in local residents who register in local hotel rooms.
- Subjects
KING County (Wash.); WASHINGTON (D.C.); SUICIDE statistics; HOTEL rooms; CAUSES of death; HOMICIDE rates; CRIME statistics; HOTELS -- Social aspects; MOTELS
- Publication
Suicide & Life-Threatening Behavior, 2006, Vol 36, Issue 5, p578
- ISSN
0363-0234
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1521/suli.2006.36.5.578