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| Title |
How Many People Are Exposed to Suicide? Not Six
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Suicide & Life-Threatening Behavior, March 2018
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| DOI | 10.1111/sltb.12450 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Julie Cerel, Margaret M. Brown, Myfanwy Maple, Michael Singleton, Judy van de Venne, Melinda Moore, Chris Flaherty |
| Abstract |
It has long been stated that six people are left behind following every suicide. Despite a lack of empirical evidence, this has been extensively cited for over 30 years. Using data from a random-digit dial survey, a more accurate number of people exposed to each suicide is calculated. A sample of 1,736 adults included 812 lifetime suicide-exposed respondents who reported age and number of exposures. Each suicide resulted in 135 people exposed (knew the person). Each suicide affects a large circle of people, who may be in need of clinician services or support following exposure. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 177 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 62 | 35% |
| United Kingdom | 30 | 17% |
| Australia | 8 | 5% |
| Canada | 7 | 4% |
| France | 2 | 1% |
| Ireland | 2 | 1% |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1% |
| Cambodia | 1 | <1% |
| Mexico | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 6 | 3% |
| Unknown | 56 | 32% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 122 | 69% |
| Scientists | 26 | 15% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 23 | 13% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 4 | 2% |
| Unknown | 2 | 1% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 274 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 274 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 40 | 15% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 36 | 13% |
| Researcher | 31 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 21 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 16 | 6% |
| Other | 39 | 14% |
| Unknown | 91 | 33% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 91 | 33% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 26 | 9% |
| Social Sciences | 19 | 7% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 15 | 5% |
| Engineering | 3 | 1% |
| Other | 20 | 7% |
| Unknown | 100 | 36% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1320. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 25 January 2024.
All research outputs
#10,196
of 25,920,652 outputs
Outputs from Suicide & Life-Threatening Behavior
#1
of 1,261 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#188
of 350,913 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Suicide & Life-Threatening Behavior
#1
of 26 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 25,920,652 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 99th percentile: it's in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 1,261 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 20.1. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 99% of its peers.
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