TABLE 2.

Studies reviewed: Follow-up studies of attempters and miscellaneous studies (16)

Authors, year	City, country	Type of study	N	Source of data
Berman et al.19, 1991	Not applicable	Analysis of prevention on subway system	Not applicable	KI
Clarke and Poyner14, 1994	London, UK	Field study of suicide prevention	Not applicable	FS, MSR, KI
Etzersdorfer and Sonneck11, 1998	Vienna, Austria	Prospective observational study of media reporting	Not applicable	NR, FS
Etzersdorfer et al.17, 1992	Vienna, Austria	Study of suicide and media reporting	Not applicable	Not mentioned
Gershon et al.2, 2005	Not applicable	Review of health and safety hazards of subways	Not applicable	Literature review
Guggenheim and Weisman31, 1974	Boston, USA	Follow-up on psychodynamics of attempters	51 attempts	CAS, AI, FI
Guth et al.10, 2006	New York City, USA	Study of demographics of injured presenting to hospital	14 attempts; 208 injured	TR, ED, OS
Lester12, 1995	17 cities	Comparison of subway and national suicide rates	Not applicable	OS
Littmann20, 1985	Toronto, Canada	Study of suicide and media reporting	Not applicable	MSR, NR
Maclean et al.9, 2006	New York City, USA	Study of demographics of subway-related traumas	5–11 attempts; 41 amputations	TR
O’Donnell et al.18, 1992	London, UK	Case report of attempter who was HIV+	Not applicable	CAS
O’Donnell et al.16, 1993	London, UK	Study on incidence of note-leaving	36 probable suicides and 36 probable attempts	MSR, TPR, SN
O’Donnell et al.15, 1994	17 cities	Editorial	Not applicable	MSR
O’Donnell et al.35, 1994	London, UK	Follow-up on mortality of attempters	94 attempts	MSR, OS, DR, CR
O’Donnell and Farmer13, 1995	London, UK	Study of suicide statistics	242 probable attempts	MSR
O’Donnell et al.33, 1996	London, UK	Follow-up on perspectives of attempters	26 attempts	AI, CI

AI attempter interviews; CAS case report; CI clinical interviews; CR coroner’s records; DR death registers; ED emergency department records; FI family member interviews; FS field study; HR hospital records; KI key informant interviews; MSR metro system records; NR newspaper reports; OS national or city-wide statistics; PI physician interviews; PR psychiatric records; SN suicide notes; TPR police or transit police records; TR trauma registry