Factors influencing coroners' verdicts: an analysis of verdicts given in 12 coroners' districts to researcher-defined suicides in England in 2005

Conclusion
Coroners vary considerably in the verdicts they give to individuals who probably died by suicide. This may compromise the usefulness of suicide statistics for assessing area differences in rates for public health surveillance.

Source: Journal of Public Health - February 23, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: Palmer, B. S., Bennewith, O., Simkin, S., Cooper, J., Hawton, K., Kapur, N., Gunnell, D. Tags: Methods Source Type: research