女性自杀的描述性流行病学根据种族和种族
James H Price1, Erica Payton Foh2
1University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, 43606, USA. jprice@utnet.utoledo.edu.
Journal of community health
|June 9, 2024
概括
从2000年到2020年,女性自杀率显著增加,特别是在年轻的非西班牙裔美国印第安人/阿拉斯加土著女性中. 有针对性的预防和改善心理健康护理的准入对于缓解这些上升趋势至关重要.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 心理健康研究 心理健康研究
背景情况:
- 女性严重精神疾病 (SMI) 是自杀的重要危险因素.
- 每年,女性自杀意味着大量的潜在生命年数的损失.
- 女性自杀率和方法的趋势需要持续调查.
研究的目的:
- 分析2000年至2020年美国女性自杀的趋势.
- 为了确定女性自杀率的人口和地理差异.
- 检查20多年来女性自杀方法的变化.
主要方法:
- 利用基于Web的伤害统计查询和报告系统 (WISQARS) 的2000年,2010年和2020年的数据.
- 分析了不同种族/族群,年龄类别和地理区域的自杀数量,率和方法.
- 在指定年间比较了自杀趋势和方法.
主要成果:
- 2020年,9,428名女性因自杀而死亡,在80岁之前失去超过328,000年的潜在生命年龄.
- 在2000年至2020年期间,所有种族和种族群体的女性自杀率都增加了.
- 在非西班牙裔美国印第安人/阿拉斯加原住民女性和15-24岁女性中观察到最高的自杀率. 西部地区的比例最高.
- 窒息作为自杀方法增加,而中毒减少.
结论:
- 迫切需要针对女性的初级自杀预防策略,考虑到年龄,地点和方法.
- 改善对心理健康护理服务的地理和财务准入对于减轻女性自杀是必不可少的.
- 自杀率和方法的差异凸显了针对性公共卫生干预措施的必要性.
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