Suicide among post-Arabellion refugees in Germany.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although immigrants are considered to be vulnerable to mental illness, there is limited knowledge regarding their suicide mortality.

Aims

To investigate standardised mortality ratios (SMR) for suicide among the largest immigrant populations in Germany before and after the refugee movement of 2015.

Method

Data on immigrants and the general population in Germany between 2000 and 2020 were provided by the scientific section of the Federal Statistical Office. SMR with 95% confidence intervals were calculated by indirect standardisation for gender, age and calendar year for the pre-2015 and post-2015 time interval, first for all the immigrant populations studied and second for the Syrian, Afghan and Iraqi populations separately.

Results

Immigrants from th

SUBMITTER: Le NTH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11698212 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature