Risks of suicide among family members of suicide victims: A nationwide sample of South Korea.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Identifying the risks of completed suicide in suicide survivors is essential for policies supporting family members of suicide victims. We aimed to determine the suicide risk of suicide survivors and identify the number of suicides per 100,000 population of suicide survivors, bereaved families of traffic accident victims, and bereaved families with non-suicide deaths.

Methods

This was a nationwide population-based cohort study in South Korea. The data were taken from the Korean National Health Insurance and Korea National Statistical Office between January 2008 and December 2017. The relationship between the decedent and the bereaved family was identified using the family database of the National Health Insurance Data. Age and gender were randomly matched 1:1 among

SUBMITTER: Jang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9614235 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature