Effects of the economic recession on suicide mortality in Brazil: interrupted time series analysis

• Autor(a) principal: Figueiredo,Daniela Cristina Moreira Marculino de
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Sanchéz-Villegas,Pablo, Figueiredo,Alexandre Medeiros de, Moraes,Ronei Marcos de, Daponte-Codina,Antonio, Schmidt Filho,Ricardo, Vianna,Rodrigo Pinheiro de Toledo
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-71672022001000209
• topic: Suicide; Economic Recession; Interrupted Time Series Analysis; Public Health; Social Determinants of Health

ABSTRACT Objectives: to analyze trends in suicide rates in Brazil in the period before and after the start of the economic recession. Methods: interrupted time series research using national suicide data recorded in the period between 2012 and 2017 with socioeconomic subgroups analyses. Quasi-Poisson regression model was employed to analyze trends in seasonally adjusted data. Results: there was an abrupt increase in the risk of suicide after economic recession in the population with less education (12.5%; RR = 1.125; 95%CI: 1.027; 1.232) and in the South Region (17.7%; 1.044; 1.328). After an abrupt reduction, there was a progressive increase in risk for the black and brown population and for those with higher education. In most other population strata, there was a progressive increase in the risk of suicide. Conclusions: the Brazilian economic recession caused different effects on suicide rates, considering social strata, which requires health strategies and policies that are sensitive to the most vulnerable populations.