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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS 6tBnR0x8. Diffusion soumise ... autorisation]. Study objective : Australia has had a two party parliamentary political system for most of the period since its Federation in 1901, dominated either by a social democratic (Labor) or a conservative ideological perspective. This paper investigates whether such political differences at Federal and State levels have influenced suicide rates in the state of New South Wales (NSW) for the period 1901-1998. Design : Federal government type, NSW State government type, and combinations of both Federal and NSW State government type were examined. Poisson regression models were stratified by sex and controlled for the effects of age, annual change in gross domestic product, sedative availability, drought, and both world wars. Results : When both Federal and NSW State governments were conservative the relative risk of suicide for NSW men was 1.17 (p
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