Impact of 2008 global economic crisis on suicide: time trend study in 54 countries.
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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the impact of the 2008 global economic crisis on international trends in suicide and to identify sex/age groups and countries most affected. DESIGN: Time trend analysis comparing the actual number of suicides in 2009 with the number that would be expected based on trends before the crisis (2000-07). SETTING: Suicide data from 54 countries; for 53 data were available in the World Health Organization mortality database and for one (the United States) data came the CDC online database. POPULATION: People aged 15 or above. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Suicide rate and number of excess suicides in 2009. RESULTS: There were an estimated 4884 (95% confidence interval 3907 to 5860) excess suicides in 2009 compared with the number expected based on previous trends (2000-07). The increases in suicide mainly occurred in men in the 27 European and 18 American countries; the suicide rates were 4.2% (3.4% to 5.1%) and 6.4% (5.4% to 7.5%) higher, respectively, in 2009 than expected if earlier trends had continued. For women, there was no change in European countries and the increase in the Americas was smaller than in men (2.3%). Rises in European men were highest in those aged 15-24 (11.7%), while in American countries men aged 45-64 showed the largest increase (5.2%). Rises in national suicide rates in men seemed to be associated with the magnitude of increases in unemployment, particularly in countries with low levels of unemployment before the crisis (Spearman's rs=0.48). CONCLUSIONS: After the 2008 economic crisis, rates of suicide increased in the European and American countries studied, particularly in men and in countries with higher levels of job loss.
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An economic recession may have an adverse impact on suicide rates.
“an economic recession may have an adverse impact on suicide rates ( Chang et al., 2013; Stuckler et al., 2009).”
From The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on self-harm and suicidal behaviour: update of living systematic review (2021) · cites this paper as Chang et al., 2013
Each model was based on different assumptions, but the models largely focused on the well-characterised impact on suicide rates of periods of economic recession and rises in unemployment.
“Each was based on different assumptions, but the models largely focused on the well-characterised impact on suicide rates of periods of economic recession and rises in unemployment ( Chang et al., 2013; Stuckler et al., 2009).”
From The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on self-harm and suicidal behaviour: a living systematic review (2020) · cites this paper as Chang et al., 2013
More recently, studies found evidence that there was an upturn in suicide rates during the financial crisis of 2007/2008 set against an overall decline.
“More recently, studies found evidence that there was an upturn in suicide rates during the financial crisis of 2007/2008 set against this overall decline.”
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Across 54 countries globally, suicide rates increased in many age groups, including those aged 15-24 years, following the 2008 global economic crisis.
“Across 54 countries globally, suicide rates increased in many age groups, including those aged 15-24 years, following the 2008 global economic crisis (Chang et al., 2013).”
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- Authors
- Chang, S.-S., Stuckler, D., Yip, P., & Gunnell, D.
- Affiliations
- University of Bristol (GB)
- Hong Kong Jockey Club (HK)
- Corresponding author
- Chang, S.-S.
- ORCID
- Venue
- BMJ
- Publisher
- BMJ
- Published
- 2013-09-17
- Volume
- 347
- Issue
- sep17 1
- Pages
- f5239-f5239
- ISSN
- 1756-1833 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC3776046
- OpenAlex
- W2053391121
- Cited by
- 799
- References
- 42
- Citations by year
- 2026: 28 · 2025: 25 · 2024: 39 · 2023: 47 · 2022: 83 · 2021: 94 · 2020: 85 · 2019: 40 · 2018: 52 · 2017: 51 · 2016: 104 · 2015: 66 · 2014: 77 · 2013: 7
- FWCI
- 94.20
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by-nc
- Locations
- BMJ (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Explore Bristol Research (publishedVersion)
- The HKU Scholars Hub (University of Hong Kong) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Funders
- National Institute for Health and Care Research (NF-SI-0512-10068)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Employment and Welfare Studies
- Keywords
- suicide, economic recession, excess mortality, unemployment, sex differences, age differences, suicide rates, Europe, Americas, job loss
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Aged, 80 and over, Europe, Female, Humans, Inflation, Economic, Male, Regression Analysis, Social Conditions, Suicide, Unemployment, United States, Global Health, World Health Organization, Databases, Factual, Age Distribution, Sex Distribution
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