Effect of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Suicide Mortality in Brazil
An Interrupted Time Series Analysis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15485462 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Karina Cardoso Meira (0000-0002-1722-5703, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, corresponding author), Raphael Mendonça Guimarães (0000-0003-1225-6719, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz), Rafael Tavares Jomar (0000-0002-4101-7138, Instituto Nacional de Câncer - INCA), Cosme Marcelo Furtado Passos Da Silva (0000-0001-7789-1671, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz), Fabiana Serpa Braiti (Universidade Paulista), Eder Samuel Oliveira Dantas (0000-0002-6595-6105, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 138-138 |
| Publication date | 2025-01-21 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601 |
| Publisher | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3390/ijerph22020138 |
| PMID | 40003364 |
| OpenAlex | W4406664965 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 61 |
This study analyzed the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on suicide rates among Brazilian residents, stratified by sex. It examined monthly suicide rates using interrupted time series analysis. Researchers compared the months before the pandemic (January 2017 to February 2020) with those after the first diagnosed case of COVID-19 in Brazil (March 2020 to December 2023). They applied an interrupted time series model (quasi-Poisson) to account for serial autocorrelation in the residuals and seasonality. During this period, authorities reported 102,081 suicides in Brazil. The age-standardized annual suicide rate among men was 3.71 times higher than the rate among women (12.33 suicides per 100,000 vs. 3.32 suicides per 100,000 women). The South and Midwest regions had the highest standardized annual average suicide rates. Suicide rates among men dropped abruptly at the pandemic's onset (RR p 1, p 1, p < 0.05). The pandemic's impact differed significantly between men and women based on stratification variables. Nonetheless, a progressive upward trend emerged throughout the pandemic
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Environmental health · Injury prevention · Interrupted time series · Interrupted Time Series Analysis · Occupational safety and health · Pandemic · Poison control · Poisson regression · Population · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Suicide prevention · COVID-19 and healthcare impacts · COVID-19 and Mental Health · Demography · Medicine · Suicide and Self-Harm Studies · Epidemiology · Gerontology · Internal Medicine
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |