Suicide mortality in Finland during an economic cycle, 1985 - 1995

This is a study on associations between suicide mortality, unemployment, divorce rate and mean alcohol consumption during an economic cycle in Finland, from 1985 to 1995. Data on annual suicide mortality, gross domestic product, unemployment, divorce rate and mean alcohol consumption were collected...

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Published in:Scandinavian journal of public health 1999-06, Vol.27 (2), p.85-88
Main Authors: Hintikka, Jukka, Saarinen, Pirjo I, Viinamäki, Heimo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Alcohol consumption
Alcohol Drinking
Analysis. Health state
Biological and medical sciences
Divorce
Economic cycles
Epidemiology
Female
Finland
Finland - epidemiology
General aspects
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Regression Analysis
Relationship
SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES AND HEALTH
Socioeconomic Factors
Suicide
Suicide - statistics & numerical data
Suicide - trends
Unemployment
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Summary:This is a study on associations between suicide mortality, unemployment, divorce rate and mean alcohol consumption during an economic cycle in Finland, from 1985 to 1995. Data on annual suicide mortality, gross domestic product, unemployment, divorce rate and mean alcohol consumption were collected from official Finnish statistics. Regression analyses using a correction for serial autocorrelation were performed. Suicide mortality in both males and females increased during an economic upswing from 1985 to 1990, and decreased during an economic recession from 1990 to 1995. Suicide mortality was not associated with unemployment or divorce rate. These results are opposed to those of many previous studies. However, a significant association was found between male suicide mortality and mean alcohol consumption, in accord with other studies. In conclusion, the results suggest diversity in associations between suicide mortality, socioeconomic factors and alcohol consumption.
ISSN:1403-4948
1651-1905
DOI:10.1177/14034948990270020601