Suicide and Covid-19 in Mexico: an update to 2021

To update prior studies on the impact of Covid-19 on suicide in Mexico. We used interrupted time-series analysis to model the national trend in monthly suicides before Covid-19 (January 1, 2010, to March 31, 2020), comparing the expected number of suicides with the observed number for the remainder...

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Published inSalud pública de México Vol. 65; no. 4, jul-ago; pp. 402 - 406
Main Authors Borges, Guilherme, García, José Angel, Monroy-Nasr, Zuraya
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Mexico 15.07.2023
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COVID-19 - epidemiology
Female
Humans
Male
Mexico - epidemiology
Public Health
Suicide
Mexico
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Summary:To update prior studies on the impact of Covid-19 on suicide in Mexico. We used interrupted time-series analysis to model the national trend in monthly suicides before Covid-19 (January 1, 2010, to March 31, 2020), comparing the expected number of suicides with the observed number for the remainder of the period (April 1, 2020, to December 31, 2021). We observed a 5% increase in suicides, driven by suicides among the younger females ages <44 years and among older males ages 45+. Since in Mexico the impact of Covid-19 on suicide depended on sex and age, tailored public health strategies may be needed to confront the problem.
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ISSN:0036-3634
1606-7916
DOI:10.21149/14696