[Completed suicide in outline--on basis of Cracow's Institute of Forensic Medicine data in 1991-2000 years]. / Samobójstwo dokonane--zarys zjawiska na podstawie materialu krakowskiego zakladu medycyny sadowej z lat 1991-2000.

The study presents the results of research into completed suicide. The authors have analyzed cases of completed suicide committed in Cracow and it's environs in the years 1991-2000. The aim of the research is to describe some features of this phenomenon with it's transformations in the last periods. The presented material bases on archival data of postmortem examinations made in Cracow's Institute of Forensic Medicine. Analyses' were executed in reference of victims' sex, age and place of residence, number and frequency of suicides in Cracow population, methods, predictors and possible motives. The authors also present a sketch of the bibliography regarding the topic, and the comparison between the results of the present study and the results of earlier studies from Cracow environs of the phenomenon of suicide. 1933 cases of completed suicides were analysed, from what over a half concerned occupants of our city. The average coefficient for 100 000 occupants carried out 13.2. There were 1485 men and 448 women among victims, in age from 13 to 95 years. Male to female avarage ratio carried out 3.3:1 in the described period.. Average age carried out 45.5 years, for men 44.5, and for women 48.8 years. The superiority of men is strongly visible in groups of young persons and in "middle age". Results from archival data show that, hanging was the the most frequent way of suicide. In studied material there were more then 63% cases of suicidal hanging. Falls from height, poisonings and drownings were next in line. In very considerable number of cases (almost 60%) the presence of mental disorder in anamnesis was affirmed. This concerned particularly women where the most frequent were depression disorders. For men, first of all factors was dependence from acohol. Over one third of the victims were pensioners and unemployeds. The level of ethanol in blood in 718 cases was crossed 0.5 promille.

[Influence of weather factors on suicidal hangings]. / Wplyw warunków meteorologicznych na wypadki samobójstw przez powieszenie.

The paper presents a certain biometeorological problem. The evaluation of influence of weather factors on frequency of suicidal cases by hanging in the area of Cracow City during 1991-2002 was examined. Rapid changes of air pressure, air temperature, hot, sweltering and sultry days, very frosty days, days with strong or foehn wind, days with thunderstorms, fog and haze were selected as unfavourable weather factors. They give an occasion for strong psychical stress. The results of detailed investigations are next: more frequency of cases of suicide during the advance of cold fronts, rapid decreases of air pressure during hot, sweltering and sultry days, days with thunderstorms and foehn winds in the Tatra Mountains.