Worldwide trends in suicide mortality from 1990 to 2015 with a focus on the global recession time frame
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Objectives To report worldwide trends in suicide mortality during a period that covers 7 years after the 2008 global crisis.Methods We performed a time trend analysis with joinpoint regression.Results Over the 2000s, suicide mortality decreased with the largest declines observed in some Eastern European countries. The downward trends were followed by an increase in concomitance with the 2008 global crisis in some countries, including Greece (annual percentage change = + 6 in men and + 11.8 in women), the Netherlands (+ 4.2 in men and + 4.0 in women), and the UK (+ 1.6 in men), while the pre-crisis downward trends stopped in Germany, Italy, and Spain. The joinpoint analysis also revealed long-term rises in Brazil (+ 0.8 since 1990 in men and + 1.8 since 1999 in women), Mexico (+ 1.3 since 1995 in men and + 3.6 since 1990 in women), the USA (+ 1.7 since 2005 in men and + 4.2 since 2010 in women), and Australia (+ 1.8 in men and + 3.7 in women, since 2006 in both sexes).Conclusions Despite downward trends in several areas of the world, in some countries suicide rates increased since the 2008 global crisis.
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The rise in youth suicide rates seen in Canada contrasts with relatively stable trends in all-age suicide rates in Canada between 2004 and 2015.
“The rise in youth suicide rates seen in Canada contrast with relatively stable trends in all-age suicide rates in Canada between 2004 and 2015 (Alicandro et al., 2019).”
From Social media use, economic recession and income inequality in relation to trends in youth suicide in high-income countries: a time trends analysis (2020) · cites this paper as Alicandro et al., 2019
In keeping with the temporary upturns from around 2010 identified in two countries in our study (Spain and Germany), recession-related suicides began to decline in several countries in conjunction with indications of economic recovery.
“In keeping with the temporary upturns from around 2010 identified in two countries in our study (Spain and Germany), recession-related suicides began to decline in several countries in conjunction with indications of economic recovery (Alicandro et al., 2019).”
From Social media use, economic recession and income inequality in relation to trends in youth suicide in high-income countries: a time trends analysis (2020) · cites this paper as Alicandro et al., 2019
Australia, the UK and USA have all experienced rises in overall suicide rates over this period, although the timing of changes in these trends in overall suicide differ to those in youth suicides in the UK and USA.
“Australia, the UK and USA have all experienced rises in overall suicide rates over this period, although the timing of changes in these trends in overall suicide differ to those in youth suicides in the UK and USA (Alicandro et al., 2019; Office for National Statistics, 2019).”
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- Authors
- Alicandro, G., Malvezzi, M., Gallus, S., La Vecchia, C., Negri, E., & Bertuccio, P.
- Affiliations
- University of Milan (IT)
- Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research (IT)
- Corresponding author
- Bertuccio, Paola
- Venue
- International Journal of Public Health
- Published
- 2019-03-07
- Volume
- 64
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 785-795
- ISSN
- 1661-8556 (ISSN-L)
- 1661-8564
- OpenAlex
- W2921697819
- Cited by
- 122
- References
- 34
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 11 · 2023: 55 · 2022: 9 · 2021: 19 · 2020: 14 · 2019: 2
- FWCI
- 12.86
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- International Journal of Public Health (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Archivio istituzionale della ricerca (Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Funders
- Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro (18440)
- Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca (RBSI1465UH)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Keywords
- suicide mortality, global recession, 2008 financial crisis, suicide trends, sex differences in suicide, Eastern Europe, Greece, Australia, Brazil, Mexico, Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Spain
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Age Factors, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Australia, Brazil, Female, Forecasting, Germany, Greece, Humans, Italy, Male, Mexico, Middle Aged, Mortality, Netherlands, Sex Factors, Spain, Suicide, Economic Recession
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