Suicide and Covid-19 in Mexico: an update to 2021

To update prior studies on the impact of Covid-19 on suicide in Mexico. We used interrupted time-series analysis to model the national trend in monthly suicides before Covid-19 (January 1, 2010, to March 31, 2020), comparing the expected number of suicides with the observed number for the remainder...

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Published in:Salud pública de México 2023-07, Vol.65 (4, jul-ago), p.402-406
Main Authors: Borges, Guilherme, García, José Angel, Monroy-Nasr, Zuraya
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:To update prior studies on the impact of Covid-19 on suicide in Mexico. We used interrupted time-series analysis to model the national trend in monthly suicides before Covid-19 (January 1, 2010, to March 31, 2020), comparing the expected number of suicides with the observed number for the remainder of the period (April 1, 2020, to December 31, 2021). We observed a 5% increase in suicides, driven by suicides among the younger females ages
ISSN:0036-3634
1606-7916
DOI:10.21149/14696