Assisted and unassisted suicide in men and women: Longitudinal study of the Swiss population

In Switzerland assisted suicide is legal if no self-interest is involved.To compare the strength and direction of associations with sociodemographic factors between assisted and unassisted suicides.We calculated rates and used Cox and logistic regression models in a longitudinal study of the Swiss population.Analyses were based on 5 004 403 people, 1301 assisted and 5708 unassisted suicides from 2003 to 2008. The rate of unassisted suicides was...