AbstractIn an analysis of birth cohorts in England and Wales, no support was found for the hypothesis that birth cohorts with high suicide rates at one point in their lives would have lower suicide rates at times 20 years or more distant.Get full access to this articleView all access options for this article.Get accessReferences1. Lester D. Suicide risk by birth cohort. Suicide & Life-Threatening Behavior, 1984, 14, 132–136.2. Murphy E. Lindesay J. Grundy E. Sixty years of suicide in England and Wales. Archives of General Psychiatry, 1986, 43, 969–976.
