Suicide deaths associated with climate change-induced heat anomalies in Australia: a time series regression analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although environmental determinants play an important role in suicide mortality, the quantitative influence of climate change-induced heat anomalies on suicide deaths remains relatively underexamined.

Objective

The objective is to quantify the impact of climate change-induced heat anomalies on suicide deaths in Australia from 2000 to 2019.

Methods

A time series regression analysis using a generalised additive model was employed to explore the potentially non-linear relationship between temperature anomalies and suicide, incorporating structural variables such as sex, age, season and geographic region. Suicide deaths data were obtained from the Australian National Mortality Database, and gridded climate data of gridded surface temperatures were sourced from

SUBMITTER: Hertzog L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11409306 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature