Association of holidays and the day of the week with suicide risk: multicounty, two stage, time series study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To assess the short term temporal variations in suicide risk related to the day of the week and national holidays in multiple countries.

Design

Multicountry, two stage, time series design.

Setting

Data from 740 locations in 26 countries and territories, with overlapping periods between 1971 and 2019, collected from the Multi-city Multi-country Collaborative Research Network database.

Participants

All suicides were registered in these locations during the study period (overall 1 701  286 cases).

Main outcome measures

Daily suicide mortality.

Results

Mondays had peak suicide risk during weekdays (Monday-Friday) across all countries, with relative risks (reference: Wednesday) ranging from 1.02 (95% confidence interval (CI) 0.95 to 1.10) in

SUBMITTER: Lee W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11497772 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature