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This work aims to describe the characteristics of elderly suicide victims in different residential settings compared to young suicide victims.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Data on people who died by suicide in the <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">S<\/jats:styled-content>outh <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">T<\/jats:styled-content>yrol (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">A<\/jats:styled-content>lto <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">A<\/jats:styled-content>dige) region of <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">I<\/jats:styled-content>taly between 2000 and 2009 were gathered from the local <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">P<\/jats:styled-content>rovincial <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">M<\/jats:styled-content>ortality <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">R<\/jats:styled-content>egister. Further detailed information was collected via questionnaires to mental health departments and psychological services, family physicians and relatives of the deceased.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>A total of 525 cases of suicide were recorded, with a linearly decreasing trend during the study period. About one\u2010third of the suicides occurred in those aged 60 years and over. Suicide in the elderly was associated with low education level (odds ratio (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">OR<\/jats:styled-content>) = 7.1, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &lt; 0.001), living in a one\u2010person household (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">OR<\/jats:styled-content> = 2.4, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &lt; 0.01), not having economic troubles (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">OR<\/jats:styled-content> = 6.1, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &lt; 0.01), having seen a doctor in the past month (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">OR<\/jats:styled-content> = 2.4, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &lt; 0.01) and living in a residential facility (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">OR<\/jats:styled-content> = 2.6, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &lt; 0.05). Twenty\u2010four (17.9%) suicide victims aged 60 years and over were in a residential facility\/hospital at the time of the death. They were more likely to be women, not married, and to die by jumping from a height.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>The suicide risk should be carefully assessed in the elderly who live alone or are institutionalized or hospitalized. 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