Socio-environmental drivers and suicide in Australia: Bayesian spatial analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The impact of socio-environmental factors on suicide has been examined in many studies. Few of them, however, have explored these associations from a spatial perspective, especially in assessing the association between meteorological factors and suicide. This study examined the association of meteorological and socio-demographic factors with suicide across small areas over different time periods.

Methods

Suicide, population and socio-demographic data (e.g., population of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders (ATSI), and unemployment rate (UNE) at the Local Government Area (LGA) level were obtained from the Australian Bureau of Statistics for the period of 1986 to 2005. Information on meteorological factors (rainfall, temperature and humidity) was supplied by Aust

SUBMITTER: Qi X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4226967 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature