Increase in assisted suicide in Switzerland: did the socioeconomic predictors change? Results from the Swiss National Cohort.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:To determine whether the strong increase in assisted suicides in Switzerland since 2008 is linked to a shift in the socioeconomic factors associated with assisted suicide and its related diagnoses. METHODS:In a population-based longitudinal study, we investigated assisted suicides in Switzerland over the period 2003-2014. Two groups of younger (25-64 years) and older (65-94 years) persons were analysed separately and compared. We calculated crude rates and used Cox proportional hazard and logistic regression models to examine associations of assisted dying with gender, marital status, education, religion, neighbourhood socioeconomic status and other variables, and investigated trends over time. RESULTS:We identified 3941 assisted suicides among 6 237 997 Swiss residents, 80% of w

SUBMITTER: Steck N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5905761 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature