Time trends and geographical patterns in suicide among Greenland Inuit ...

• Main Authors: Seidler, Ivalu Katajavaara, Tolstrup, Janne Schurmann, Bjerregaard, Peter, Crawford, Allison, Larsen, Christina Viskum Lytken
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: figshare 2023
• Subjects: Medicine; Physiology; FOS Biological sciences; Biotechnology; Evolutionary Biology; 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified; Science Policy; 111714 Mental Health; FOS Health sciences; Greenland; inuit
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.6591886; https://springernature.figshare.com/collections/Time_trends_and_geographical_patterns_in_suicide_among_Greenland_Inuit/6591886

Abstract Background Between 1980 and 2018 Greenland has had one of the highest suicide rates in the world with an average rate of 96 suicides per 100,000 people annually. The aim of this study is to investigate suicide rates in Greenland according to age, birth cohort, period, sex, place of residence and suicide method from 1970 until 2018. Methods Suicide rates were examined using register and census data from 1970–2018 among Greenland Inuit. Rates were calculated by Poisson regression in Stata and by use of Excel. In analyses of the period trends, rates were standardized according to the World Standard Population 2000–2025. Results The suicide rate has been declining since a peak at 120 suicides per 100,000 people annually in the 1980s but remained high at a rate of 81.3 suicides per 100,000 people annually from 2015–2018. Descriptive analyses point to the decrease in male suicides as the primary factor for the overall decreasing rates while the rate among women has been increasing. Simultaneously, the ...