The impact of economic austerity and prosperity events on suicide in Greece: a 30-year interrupted time-series analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To complete a 30-year interrupted time-series analysis of the impact of austerity-related and prosperity-related events on the occurrence of suicide across Greece.

Setting

Greece from 1 January 1983 to 31 December 2012.

Participants

A total of 11 505 suicides, 9079 by men and 2426 by women, occurring in Greece over the study period.

Primary and secondary outcomes

National data from the Hellenic Statistical Authority assembled as 360 monthly counts of: all suicides, male suicides, female suicides and all suicides plus potentially misclassified suicides.

Results

In 30 years, the highest months of suicide in Greece occurred in 2012. The passage of new austerity measures in June 2011 marked the beginning of significant, abrupt and sustained increa

SUBMITTER: Branas CC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4316557 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature