Suicides in Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, and Poland in 1990-2019: Epidemiological patterns and trends in European and Global context
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Result code in IS VaVaI
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Alternative codes found
RIV/00216208:11150/25:10488190 RIV/49777513:23310/25:43972953
Result on the web
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DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.arcmed.2024.103100" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.arcmed.2024.103100</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Suicides in Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, and Poland in 1990-2019: Epidemiological patterns and trends in European and Global context
Original language description
Background. Suicides are a major public health problem with serious consequences for societies. Aim. To compare epidemiological patterns and trends of suicides in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, and Poland in 1990-2019, and analyze them in the European and global context. Methods. A trend analysis was conducted in Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Poland, in Western Europe and on global level for 1990-2019. All data were obtained from the Global Burden of Diseases study 2019. Numbers and age-standardized rates of deaths and Years of Life Lost (YLL) due to suicides were analyzed, stratified by sex and age (0-14 years old, 15-49 years old, 50-69 years old, 70 + years). Results. In 2019, 759,028 suicides occurred globally, 17,408 (2.3%) in Central Europe. The proportion of males was substantially larger, compared to the global and Western European levels (E.g., 82 vs. 69% and 75%, respectively). The highest rates of suicide were in Hungary (19.7 per 100,000), lowest in Slovakia (12.8); the rate in Central Europe was higher than the global rate (15.2 vs. 9.8), and the rate in Western Europe (11.4). A steady decline of rates was observed in all countries, particularly in Hungary. In Czech Republic we found an increasing relative importance of suicides among people 70 years and older. Conclusions. Death rates due to suicides have been declining in the analyzed countries, but some characteristics and trends when compared to global and regional estimates, such as substantially higher proportion of male suicides or high death rates among the elderly warrant specifically tailored preventative action coordinated by governments with community involvement. (c) 2024 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Inc. on behalf of Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS). This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ )
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
30501 - Forensic science
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
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Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Archives of Medical Research
ISSN
0188-4409
e-ISSN
1873-5487
Volume of the periodical
56
Issue of the periodical within the volume
2
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
11
Pages from-to
103100
UT code for WoS article
001339322800001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85206619016