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Relationship between economic development and suicide mortality: a global cross-sectional analysis in an
1Department of Public Health Sciences, Division of Social Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Aim:
The aim of this study was to analyse the relationship between suicide rates and economic development within the theoretical framework of epidemiological transition.
Result:
A weak positive correlation was found between suicide rates and GNP per capita in both sexes for all ages.
Discussion:
According to previous studies, there is a clear decline in deaths due to unintentional injuries with improved economic conditions. This example of a man-made disease that declines during the fourth stage is in agreement with the theory of epidemiological transition. However, our results found the opposite pattern for deaths due to intentional self-inflicted injury.
Conclusion:
Mortality rates due to unintentional and intentional self-inflicted injury show deviating patterns from an epidemiological transition perspective.
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