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Relationship of suicide rates with climate and economic variables in Europe during 2000 - 2012
Annals of General Psychiatry, 15 (2016), 1; 19. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12991-016-0106-2
Fountoulakis, Konstantinos N.; Chatzikosta, Isaia; Pastiadis, Konstantinos; Zanis, Prodromos; Kawohl, Wolfram; Kerkhof, Ad J. F. M.; Navickas, Alvydas; Höschl, Cyril; Lecic-Tosevski, Dusica; Sorel, Eliot; Rancans, Elmars; Palova, Eva; Juckel, Georg; Isacsson, Goran; Jagodic, Helena Korosec; Botezat-Antonescu, Ileana; Rybakowski, Janusz; Azorin, Jean Michel; Cookson, John; Waddington, John; Pregelj, Peter; Demyttenaere, Koen; Hranov, Luchezar G.; Stevovic, Lidija Injac; Pezawas, Lucas; Adida, Marc; Figuera, Maria Luisa; Jakovljević, Miro; Vichi, Monica; Perugi, Giulio; Andreassen, Ole A.; Vukovic, Olivera; Mavrogiorgou, Paraskevi; Varnik, Peeter; Dome, Peter; Winkler, Petr; Salokangas, Raimo K. R.; From, Tiina; Danileviciute, Vita; Gonda, Xenia; Rihmer, Zoltan; Forsman, Jonas; Grady, Anne; Hyphantis, Thomas; Dieset, Ingrid; Soendergaard, Susan; Pompili, Maurizio; Bech, Per More authors...

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Fountoulakis, K. N., Chatzikosta, I., Pastiadis, K., Zanis, P., Kawohl, W., Kerkhof, A. J. F. M. ... Bech, P. (2016). Relationship of suicide rates with climate and economic variables in Europe during 2000 - 2012. Annals of General Psychiatry, 15. (1), 19. doi: 10.1186/s12991-016-0106-2

Fountoulakis, Konstantinos N., et al. "Relationship of suicide rates with climate and economic variables in Europe during 2000 - 2012." Annals of General Psychiatry, vol. 15, no. 1, 2016, p. 19. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12991-016-0106-2

Fountoulakis, Konstantinos N., Isaia Chatzikosta, Konstantinos Pastiadis, Prodromos Zanis, Wolfram Kawohl, Ad J. F. M. Kerkhof, Alvydas Navickas, et al. "Relationship of suicide rates with climate and economic variables in Europe during 2000 - 2012." Annals of General Psychiatry 15, no. 1 (2016): 19. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12991-016-0106-2

Fountoulakis, K. N., et al. (2016) 'Relationship of suicide rates with climate and economic variables in Europe during 2000 - 2012', Annals of General Psychiatry, 15(1), p. 19. doi: 10.1186/s12991-016-0106-2

Fountoulakis KN, Chatzikosta I, Pastiadis K, Zanis P, Kawohl W, Kerkhof AJFM, and sur.. Relationship of suicide rates with climate and economic variables in Europe during 2000 - 2012. Annals of General Psychiatry [Internet]. 2016 August 09 [cited 2024 November 01];15(1):19. doi: 10.1186/s12991-016-0106-2

K. N. Fountoulakis, et al., "Relationship of suicide rates with climate and economic variables in Europe during 2000 - 2012", Annals of General Psychiatry, vol. 15, no. 1, p. 19, August 2016. [Online]. Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:105:657893. [Accessed: 01 November 2024]

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Title (english)Relationship of suicide rates with climate and economic variables in Europe during 2000 - 2012
AuthorKonstantinos N. Fountoulakis
AuthorIsaia Chatzikosta
AuthorKonstantinos Pastiadis
AuthorProdromos Zanis
AuthorWolfram Kawohl
AuthorAd J. F. M. Kerkhof
AuthorAlvydas Navickas
AuthorCyril Höschl
AuthorDusica Lecic-Tosevski
AuthorEliot Sorel
AuthorElmars Rancans
AuthorEva Palova
AuthorGeorg Juckel
AuthorGoran Isacsson
AuthorHelena Korosec Jagodic
AuthorIleana Botezat-Antonescu
AuthorJanusz Rybakowski
AuthorJean Michel Azorin
AuthorJohn Cookson
AuthorJohn Waddington
AuthorPeter Pregelj
AuthorKoen Demyttenaere
AuthorLuchezar G. Hranov
AuthorLidija Injac Stevovic
AuthorLucas Pezawas
AuthorMarc Adida
AuthorMaria Luisa Figuera
AuthorMiro Jakovljević
AuthorMonica Vichi
AuthorGiulio Perugi
AuthorOle A. Andreassen
AuthorOlivera Vukovic
AuthorParaskevi Mavrogiorgou
AuthorPeeter Varnik
AuthorPeter Dome
AuthorPetr Winkler
AuthorRaimo K. R. Salokangas
AuthorTiina From
AuthorVita Danileviciute
AuthorXenia Gonda
AuthorZoltan Rihmer
AuthorJonas Forsman
AuthorAnne Grady
AuthorThomas Hyphantis
AuthorIngrid Dieset
AuthorSusan Soendergaard
AuthorMaurizio Pompili
AuthorPer Bech
Author's institutionUniversity of Zagreb
School of Medicine
Scientific / art field,
discipline and subdiscipline		BIOMEDICINE AND HEALTHCARE
Clinical Medical Sciences
Abstract (english)
BACKGROUND: It is well known that suicidal rates vary considerably among European countries and the reasons for this are unknown, although several theories have been proposed. The effect of economic variables has been extensively studied but not that of climate. ----- METHODS: Data from 29 European countries covering the years 2000-2012 and concerning male and female standardized suicidal rates (according to WHO), economic variables (according World Bank) and climate variables were gathered. The statistical analysis included cluster and principal component analysis and categorical regression. ----- RESULTS: The derived models explained 62.4 % of the variability of male suicidal rates. Economic variables alone explained 26.9 % and climate variables 37.6 %. For females, the respective figures were 41.7, 11.5 and 28.1 %. Male suicides correlated with high unemployment rate in the frame of high growth rate and high inflation and low GDP per capita, while female suicides correlated negatively with inflation. Both male and female suicides correlated with low temperature. ----- DISCUSSION: The current study reports that the climatic effect (cold climate) is stronger than the economic one, but both are present. It seems that in Europe suicidality follows the climate/temperature cline which interestingly is not from south to north but from south to north-east. This raises concerns that climate change could lead to an increase in suicide rates. The current study is essentially the first successful attempt to explain the differences across countries in Europe; however, it is an observational analysis based on aggregate data and thus there is a lack of control for confounders.
Languageenglish
Publication typeScientific paper - Original scientific paper
Publication statusPublished
Peer reviewPeer review
Publication versionPublished version
Journal titleAnnals of General Psychiatry
Numberingvol. 15, no. 1, p. 19
p-ISSN1744-859X
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1186/s12991-016-0106-2
URN:NBNurn:nbn:hr:105:657893
Publication2016-08-09
Document URLhttps://doi.org/10.1186/s12991-016-0106-2
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