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Tuberculosis and suicide.

S Kondrichin1, D Lester

  • 1Psychology Program, The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Pomona 08240-0195, USA.

Psychological Reports
|January 11, 2002
PubMed
Summary

Eastern European nations experienced higher mortality rates from suicide and tuberculosis in the 1990s compared to Western Europe. These Eastern European countries also saw a more significant increase in these mortality rates over the five-year period.

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Area of Science:

  • Public Health
  • Epidemiology
  • European Health Trends

Background:

  • Historical health disparities between Eastern and Western European nations.
  • Examining trends in mortality from specific causes like suicide and tuberculosis.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To compare mortality rates from suicide and tuberculosis between Eastern and Western European nations.
  • To analyze the changes in these mortality rates over a five-year period in the 1990s.

Main Methods:

  • Comparative analysis of mortality data.
  • Utilizing data from 1990 and 1995 to assess trends.
  • Focusing on formerly Eastern European and Western European nations.

Main Results:

  • Higher baseline mortality rates for suicide and tuberculosis in Eastern European nations in 1990 and 1995.
  • A more pronounced increase in suicide and tuberculosis mortality rates in Eastern Europe over the five-year study period compared to Western Europe.

Conclusions:

  • Significant health outcome differences persisted between Eastern and Western European nations in the 1990s.
  • Eastern European nations faced a greater challenge in controlling and reducing mortality from suicide and tuberculosis during this period.

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