Occupational class differences in male suicide risk in Finland from 1970 to 2019.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In the last few decades, suicide rates have decreased in most European countries. However, periodic changes in risk by occupational class have not been studied as much in detail.

Methods

Representative cohorts of Finnish working-age men were followed for nine years on suicide mortality starting from five different census years (1970, 1980, 1990, 2000, 2010). Each cohort included between 300 970 and 332 318 men. Cox regression modelling was used to estimate hazard ratios by census year, occupational class and their interactions. Further models adjusted for age and its interactions with census year and occupational class.

Results

The risk of male suicide has more than halved between 1991 and 2019. The relative hazard ratio of suicide in manual workers compare

SUBMITTER: Raittila S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10710325 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature