Suicide Clusters Among Top 10 High-Risk Occupations: A Study From 2001 to 2016 in Australia.
Adult
Agriculture
Art
Australia
/ epidemiology
Cluster Analysis
Construction Industry
Engineering
Female
Forestry
Humans
Male
Manufacturing Industry
Mining
Occupations
/ statistics & numerical data
Risk Factors
Spatial Analysis
Spatio-Temporal Analysis
Suicide
/ statistics & numerical data
Transportation
Journal
The Journal of nervous and mental disease
ISSN: 1539-736X
Titre abrégé: J Nerv Ment Dis
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0375402
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
12 2020
12 2020
Historique:
pubmed:
11
9
2020
medline:
7
4
2021
entrez:
10
9
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
A number of studies have demonstrated elevated risk of suicide in certain occupational groups. We seek to understand a possible new risk factor: suicide contagion, as demonstrated through a suicide cluster analysis. National-level coronial data and census population data were used for the study. We calculated suicide rates to identify "risky" occupations. SaTScan v9.4.1 was used to perform Poisson discrete scan statistic. Suicides occurring in arts and media professionals, construction, manufacturing, and skilled animal and horticultural workers seemed to cluster in time and/or space. Those working in construction settings were at risk of being in both time and space clusters.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32910073
doi: 10.1097/NMD.0000000000001234
pii: 00005053-202012000-00006
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
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