Seasonal variation in suicide: age group and summer effects in the United States (2015-2020).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Suicide is a global public health concern that affects more than 700,000 people globally every year. Seasonal variation in suicide rates is a phenomenon that has been well-documented, but recent data on the seasonality of suicide within specific age groups and sex in the United States remains less well understood.

Methods

Publicly available data on monthly suicides was obtained from the Underlying Cause of Death database, CDC WONDER, from 2015-2020. The incidence of summer suicides, from June, July and August, for two groups, 15-24 and ages 25 + , was calculated and a two-sided test was performed. Seasonal Decomposition analysis was performed and time series created from 2015-2020 for every age group then converted into Trend, Seasonality, and Residual respectivel

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PROVIDER: S-EPMC11603963 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature