Changes over time in means of suicide in Canada: an analysis of mortality data from 1981 to 2018.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Ongoing surveillance of the means of suicide is necessary for effective prevention. We examined how mortality rates owing to different means of suicide changed in Canada from 1981 to 2018.

Methods

We obtained data from 1981 to 2018 on suicide deaths of individuals aged 10 years and older, from the Canadian Vital Statistics Death Database. We used joinpoint regression analysis to examine changes over time in the suicide mortality rate for the 3 most common means of suicide.

Results

The age-standardized suicide mortality rate declined in earlier decades for both sexes, but did not significantly change in recent decades for either sex. The age-standardized rate of suicide by suffocation increased from 1993 for females (2.1% per year) and from 1996 for males (0

SUBMITTER: Liu L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8034317 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature