Suicide reduction in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic: lessons informing national prevention strategies for suicide reduction.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The objective of this research was to evaluate the impact of federal, public health and social support programs on national suicide rates in Canada.

Design

Cross-sectional study.

Setting

Canadian National Database (i.e., Statistics Canada) and Statista.

Participants

Population-level data, and economic and consumer market data.

Main outcome measures

Suicide mortality data, population data and unemployment data were obtained from available statistical databases (e.g. Statistics Canada). We quantified suicide rate by dividing the total number of suicide deaths by the national population expressed as a rate per 100,000 population.

Results

Overall suicide mortality rate decreased in Canada from 10.82 deaths per 100,000 in the March 2019 - Feb

SUBMITTER: McIntyre RS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8532219 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature