Suicide among male road and rail drivers in Australia: a retrospective mortality study Milner, Allison, Page, Kathryn and LaMontagne, Anthony D. 2015, Suicide among male road and rail drivers in Australia: a retrospective mortality study, Road and transport research, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 26-31. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads milner-suicideamongmale-2015.pdf Published version application/pdf 319.14KB 11 Title Suicide among male road and rail drivers in Australia: a retrospective mortality study Author(s) Milner, Allison Page, Kathryn LaMontagne, Anthony D. orcid.org/0000-0002-5811-5906 Journal name Road and transport research Volume number 24 Issue number 2 Start page 26 End page 31 Total pages 6 Publisher ARRB Transport Research Place of publication Vermont South, Vic. Publication date 2015-01 ISSN 1037-5783 Keyword(s) Science & Technology Technology Transportation PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS COMPLETED SUICIDE HEALTH WORK RISK OCCUPATION IMPACT METAANALYSIS INDUSTRY INJURY Summary Objectives: This paper aims to describe the epidemiology of suicide among males employed in driving occupations (road and rail) compared to other male occupations in Australia. Methods: Suicide cases among road and rail drivers were extracted from a national dataset of occupationally coded suicide cases for the period 2001 to 2010. Suicide rates per 100 000 were calculated and standardised using the Australian standard population (2001). Incidence rate ratios (IRR) with 95% confidence intervals were calculated using Mantell Haenszel rates and compared to all employed suicide cases. Results: The majority of suicides in this occupational category occurred in truck drivers, followed by road and rail drivers. 98% of these suicides were among males; hence only males were included in further analyses. The age-standardised rate of male suicide among Road and Rail drivers over the period 2001 to 2010 was 22.6 per 100 000 (95% CI 19.2 to 25.9). The IRR of suicide in this occupational group compared to other male occupations was 1.42 (95% CI 1.26 to1.60). Conclusions: Suicide among Road and Rail drivers is higher than in the other male occupations. Suicide prevention initiatives addressing these risk factors, while also providing access to treatment for those at risk, are clearly needed. Language eng Field of Research 111705 Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety 111714 Mental Health 0905 Civil Engineering 1507 Transportation And Freight Services Socio Economic Objective 920410 Mental Health HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Grant ID NHMRC 546248 Copyright notice ©2015, The Authors Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30079992 Document type: Journal Article Collections: School of Health and Social Development Population Health Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges   Connect to Elements publication management system Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Wed, 02 Dec 2015, 09:47:08 EST Thu, 30 Jun 2016, 14:06:25 EST Fri, 01 Jul 2016, 05:00:08 EST Fri, 01 Jul 2016, 06:10:52 EST Tue, 05 Jul 2016, 11:16:29 EST Tue, 26 Jul 2016, 09:18:03 EST Wed, 12 Oct 2016, 14:23:06 EST Wed, 01 Mar 2017, 07:30:40 EST Wed, 14 Jun 2017, 09:43:42 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 126 Abstract Views, 12 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Thu, 30 Jun 2016, 14:06:25 EST

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