[Unemployment, suicide- and homicide-rates in the EU countries].

An ecological study on suicide and homicide in Brazil.

The objective was to evaluate correlations between suicide, homicide and socio-demographic variables by an ecological study. Mortality and socio-demographic data were collected from official records of the Ministry of Health and IBGE (2010), aggregated by state (27). The data were analyzed using correlation techniques, factor analysis, principal component analysis with a varimax rotation and mu...

American Indian suicide and homicide rates and unemployment.

Female Suicide and Labor Markets: A Disaggregated Panel Analysis of the Link between Labor Market Conditions and Female Suicides in the United States (1979- 2004)

Suicide is a well-known public health problem in the United States. Macroeconomic conditions, among many other factors, because of their impacts on psychological well-being of individuals, are thought to be linked to suicide attempts. However, previous research on the relationship between suicide rates and macroeconomic conditions, especially that of labor market conditions, has resulted into a...

Effects of the 2008 recession on health: a first look at European data.

2 years ago, we published a paper in The Lancet reviewing the mortality experience of 26 European countries during economic crises over three decades. We showed how increases in unemployment had been associated with increased suicides among people younger than 65 years and with fewer road­traffic fatalities (reflecting lower car use). On the basis of our analyses, we predicted that the economic...

Suicide/homicide ratios in countries of the Eastern Mediterranean Region.

An analysis of suicide and homicide rates was made for countries of the Eastern Mediterranean Region using global burden disease data for 2000. The suicide/homicide ratio by age, sex and country level of income was calculated by dividing the suicide rate by the sum of the suicide and homicide rate. Males were more often victims of homicide whilst females were more often victims of suicide. For ...