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Though the absolute number of suicides globally continues to increase, a recent study accounting for population growth, found the global rate of suicide has dropped by 32.7% over the past 27 years. In the US, even as attitudes evolve regarding mental health and suicide prevention, the national rate of suicide has risen 33% over the past two ...
It’s already well known that suicide rates increase in times of economic strife and uncertainty. Previous research estimates that the 2007 economic crisis in Europe and North America led to more than 10,000 extra suicides. And findings from last year show that suicides increase both in years of significant stock index decline and in the year ...
The link the authors attempt to make between changes in unemployment rates and suicide is a causal one, rather than a correlation. One of the important findings of this work is that there is a time lag between the two: suicide rates increased in the six months prior to the rises in the unemployment rate. The authors argue that this is due to ...
Before COVID-19, depression levels stood at 8.5% rising to 27.8% in 2020. Today, it has risen to 32.8%, affecting 1 in every 3 American adults. The findings point to the inextricable link between the pandemic and the short- and long-term impact it will have on mental health. New research reveals that high rates of depression have persisted from ...
In particular, the protracted pandemic had a major impact on the mental health of women and young people in Japan and it altered suicide trends in the country. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development reported that the prevalence of depression in Japan doubled to 17.3% in 2020 , up from 7.9% in 2013, while the number of ...
Children in Nordic countries generally have the highest rates of well-being, but Mexico and Romania have among the highest levels of life satisfaction. Many more children with low levels of life satisfaction feel they lack a support network. Body image also has a role to play. There are signs that some countries are regressing – particularly ...
Image: Photo by Bill Oxford on Unsplash. Homicide rates have fallen across the world over the last three decades. A new study suggests a reason behind this global trend: an ageing population. Other factors, such as domestic criminal justice policies or culture, vary across regions and countries that have seen similar declines.
For the current COVID-19 pandemic, Kawohl and Nordt (2020) anticipate that the expected rise in the unemployment rate will affect suicide rates. In a ‘high’ scenario, they estimate that an increase in the worldwide unemployment rate from 4.9% to 5.6% will be associated with a rise of about 9,570 suicides per year.
As a result of racism, and associated poverty and injustice, life expectancy at birth of black men is 71.9 years, far bellow white women (81.2), black women (78.5), and white men (76.4). These are mainly because of black men’s higher risk of dying from several types of cancer, stroke, HIV, and homicide. Despite overall declining numbers of ...
Parity between the sexes, it suggests, could actually save men’s lives. “Living in a country with gender equality benefits men’s health and shows up as lower mortality rates, higher well-being, half the risk of being depressed, higher likelihood to have protected sex, lower suicide rates and a 40% reduced risk of a violent death,” the ...