Effects of the economic recession on suicide mortality in Brazil: interrupted time series analysis

• Main Authors: Daniela Cristina Moreira Marculino de Figueiredo (Author), Pablo Sanchéz-Villegas (Author), Alexandre Medeiros de Figueiredo (Author), Ronei Marcos de Moraes (Author), Antonio Daponte-Codina (Author), Ricardo Schmidt Filho (Author), Rodrigo Pinheiro de Toledo Vianna (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem, 2022-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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• Notes: 1984-0446; 10.1590/0034-7167-2021-0778
• Keywords: Suicide; Economic Recession; Interrupted Time Series Analysis; Public Health; Social Determinants of Health; Nursing; RT1-120
• Source: Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem, Vol 75, Iss suppl 3 (2022)

ABSTRACT Objectives: to analyze trends in suicide rates in Brazil in the period before and after the start of the economic recession. Methods: interrupted time series research using national suicide data recorded in the period between 2012 and 2017 with socioeconomic subgroups analyses. Quasi-Poisson regression model was employed to analyze trends in seasonally adjusted data. Results: there was an abrupt increase in the risk of suicide after economic recession in the population with less education (12.5%; RR = 1.125; 95%CI: 1.027; 1.232) and in the South Region (17.7%; 1.044; 1.328). After an abrupt reduction, there was a progressive increase in risk for the black and brown population and for those with higher education. In most other population strata, there was a progressive increase in the risk of suicide. Conclusions: the Brazilian economic recession caused different effects on suicide rates, considering social strata, which requires health strategies and policies that are sensitive to the most vulnerable populations.