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Suicide in Italy during a time of economic recession: some recent data related to age and gender based on a nationwide register study
Health & social care in the community, v 22(4), pp 361-367
01 Jul 2014
PMID: 24313850
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Abstract
Previous research reported that economic crises may have important implications for increasing suicide rates. We investigated official data on completed suicide in Italy during the recent economic crisis as related to age and gender. Data were extracted from the Italian Mortality Database. The trend in suicide rates from 1980 to 2010 (the most recent year available) was analysed by joinpoint regression analysis. Rate ratios were calculated to compare suicide rates before and after the present economic crisis. Suicide rates for men 25-64 years of age (those involved in the labour force) started to increase in 2008 after a period of a statistically significant decrease from 1994 to 2007 and their suicide rate was 12% higher in 2010 compared with that in 2006. In contrast, suicide rates declined for women of all ages and for men younger than 25 and older than 65 years of age. After 2007, there was a noticeable increase in suicide rates among Italian men involved in the labour force.
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- Title
- Suicide in Italy during a time of economic recession: some recent data related to age and gender based on a nationwide register study
- Creators
- Maurizio Pompili - Sapienza University of RomeMonica Vichi - National Institute of HealthMarco Innamorati - Sapienza University of RomeDavid Lester - Stockton UniversityBijou Yang - Drexel UniversityDiego De Leo - Griffith UniversityPaolo Girardi - Sapienza University of Rome
- Publication Details
- Health & social care in the community, v 22(4), pp 361-367
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Number of pages
- 7
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Economics (School of Economics)
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000337695100003
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84902085286
- Other Identifier
- 991019339692504721
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