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Differential impact on suicide mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil
OBJECTIVES: To compare suicide rates observed in Brazil after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic with the estimated rate based on suicide deaths between 2010 and 2020, and identify sociodemographic variables associated with this outcome. METHODS: Ecological time-series study. Data were obtained from...
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Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9851756/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35839315 http://dx.doi.org/10.47626/1516-4446-2022-2581 |
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author | Ornell, Felipe Benzano, Daniela Borelli, Wyllians Vendramini Narvaez, Joana Correa de Magalhães Moura, Helena Ferreira Passos, Ives Cavalcante Sordi, Anne Orgler Schuch, Jaqueline Bohrer Kessler, Felix Henrique Paim Scherer, Juliana Nichterwitz von Diemen, Lisia |
author_facet | Ornell, Felipe Benzano, Daniela Borelli, Wyllians Vendramini Narvaez, Joana Correa de Magalhães Moura, Helena Ferreira Passos, Ives Cavalcante Sordi, Anne Orgler Schuch, Jaqueline Bohrer Kessler, Felix Henrique Paim Scherer, Juliana Nichterwitz von Diemen, Lisia |
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description | OBJECTIVES: To compare suicide rates observed in Brazil after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic with the estimated rate based on suicide deaths between 2010 and 2020, and identify sociodemographic variables associated with this outcome. METHODS: Ecological time-series study. Data were obtained from Brazilian Unified Health System Department of Information Technology (DATASUS), with the structural break of the data set in March 2020. The number of actual suicides observed and the number of expected suicides if there were no COVID-19 pandemic were analyzed through bayesian structural time series modeling. RESULTS: The overall incidence of suicides in Brazil remained stable after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic compared to what would be expected. However, there was a significant increase in suicide deaths among women (6.9%) and older adult (9.1%). Analysis by macro-regions of the country showed significant increases in suicide deaths in the Center-West (7.4%), Northeast (5.7%), and Southeast (10%). Stratified analyses revealed differences according to age, sex, education, and skin color. CONCLUSIONS: Despite stability in the overall number of suicides, this phenomenon occurs heterogeneously among different population groups and regions of Brazil. Rates have increased in populations with a history of poor access to health, which may have been more severely impacted by the pandemic. |
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spelling | pubmed-98517562023-01-30 Differential impact on suicide mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil Ornell, Felipe Benzano, Daniela Borelli, Wyllians Vendramini Narvaez, Joana Correa de Magalhães Moura, Helena Ferreira Passos, Ives Cavalcante Sordi, Anne Orgler Schuch, Jaqueline Bohrer Kessler, Felix Henrique Paim Scherer, Juliana Nichterwitz von Diemen, Lisia Braz J Psychiatry Original Article OBJECTIVES: To compare suicide rates observed in Brazil after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic with the estimated rate based on suicide deaths between 2010 and 2020, and identify sociodemographic variables associated with this outcome. METHODS: Ecological time-series study. Data were obtained from Brazilian Unified Health System Department of Information Technology (DATASUS), with the structural break of the data set in March 2020. The number of actual suicides observed and the number of expected suicides if there were no COVID-19 pandemic were analyzed through bayesian structural time series modeling. RESULTS: The overall incidence of suicides in Brazil remained stable after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic compared to what would be expected. However, there was a significant increase in suicide deaths among women (6.9%) and older adult (9.1%). Analysis by macro-regions of the country showed significant increases in suicide deaths in the Center-West (7.4%), Northeast (5.7%), and Southeast (10%). Stratified analyses revealed differences according to age, sex, education, and skin color. CONCLUSIONS: Despite stability in the overall number of suicides, this phenomenon occurs heterogeneously among different population groups and regions of Brazil. Rates have increased in populations with a history of poor access to health, which may have been more severely impacted by the pandemic. Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria 2022-11-24 /pmc/articles/PMC9851756/ /pubmed/35839315 http://dx.doi.org/10.47626/1516-4446-2022-2581 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Ornell, Felipe Benzano, Daniela Borelli, Wyllians Vendramini Narvaez, Joana Correa de Magalhães Moura, Helena Ferreira Passos, Ives Cavalcante Sordi, Anne Orgler Schuch, Jaqueline Bohrer Kessler, Felix Henrique Paim Scherer, Juliana Nichterwitz von Diemen, Lisia Differential impact on suicide mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil |
title | Differential impact on suicide mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil |
title_full | Differential impact on suicide mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil |
title_fullStr | Differential impact on suicide mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil |
title_full_unstemmed | Differential impact on suicide mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil |
title_short | Differential impact on suicide mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil |
title_sort | differential impact on suicide mortality during the covid-19 pandemic in brazil |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9851756/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35839315 http://dx.doi.org/10.47626/1516-4446-2022-2581 |
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