Suicide deaths and substance use in the Galician provinces between 2006 and 2020
BackgroundSuicide is a serious public health problem that affects our entire country, including the Galician provinces. The aim of this research was to study the variation in completed suicide rates, between 2006 and 2020, in the different Galician provinces and their relationship with the consumpti...
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| description | BackgroundSuicide is a serious public health problem that affects our entire country, including the Galician provinces. The aim of this research was to study the variation in completed suicide rates, between 2006 and 2020, in the different Galician provinces and their relationship with the consumption of addictive substances.MethodsCompleted suicide data from the Spanish Office for National Statistics and the Institute of Legal Medicine of Galicia were analyzed with a Joinpoint regression model to determine time trends. The relationship between the variation in completed suicide rates with sociodemographic variables obtained from the Spanish Office for National Statistics and variables related to the consumption of substances obtained from the survey on alcohol and other drugs in Spain (EDADES) of the Government Delegation for the National Plan on Drugs was also analyzed.ResultsThe Joinpoint regression model did not reveal any point of significant change in the period studied for any Galician province. The following variables correlated positively with the variation in completed suicide rates in the Galician provinces: masculinity ratio, average age, daily alcohol consumption and daily illegal substance consumption.ConclusionApplying preventive strategies on the daily consumption of alcohol and illegal substances would help reduce the rates of completed suicide in the Galician provinces. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-561a9fd2bad74922918a9024cf448a9c2023-08-14T11:31:54ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychiatry1664-06402023-08-011410.3389/fpsyt.2023.12420691242069Suicide deaths and substance use in the Galician provinces between 2006 and 2020Gerardo Flórez0Gerardo Flórez1Ashkan Espandian2Noelia Llorens3Teresa Seoane-Pillado4Pilar Saiz5Pilar Saiz6Pilar Saiz7Addictive Treatment Unit, Ourense University Hospital, Ourense, SpainCentre for Biomedical Research in the Mental Health Network (CIBERSAM), Madrid, SpainPsychiatry Service, Bierzo Hospital, Ponferrada, SpainSpanish Observatory of Drugs and Addictions, Government Delegation for the National Plan on Drugs, Spanish Ministry of Health, Madrid, SpainArea of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Department of Health Sciences, University of A Coruña – INIBIC, A Coruña, SpainCentre for Biomedical Research in the Mental Health Network (CIBERSAM), Madrid, SpainDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Oviedo, Oviedo, SpainHealth Research Institute of the Principality of Asturias (ISPA), Asturias, SpainBackgroundSuicide is a serious public health problem that affects our entire country, including the Galician provinces. The aim of this research was to study the variation in completed suicide rates, between 2006 and 2020, in the different Galician provinces and their relationship with the consumption of addictive substances.MethodsCompleted suicide data from the Spanish Office for National Statistics and the Institute of Legal Medicine of Galicia were analyzed with a Joinpoint regression model to determine time trends. The relationship between the variation in completed suicide rates with sociodemographic variables obtained from the Spanish Office for National Statistics and variables related to the consumption of substances obtained from the survey on alcohol and other drugs in Spain (EDADES) of the Government Delegation for the National Plan on Drugs was also analyzed.ResultsThe Joinpoint regression model did not reveal any point of significant change in the period studied for any Galician province. The following variables correlated positively with the variation in completed suicide rates in the Galician provinces: masculinity ratio, average age, daily alcohol consumption and daily illegal substance consumption.ConclusionApplying preventive strategies on the daily consumption of alcohol and illegal substances would help reduce the rates of completed suicide in the Galician provinces.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1242069/fullalcoholcompleted suicideillegal substancesJoinpoint regressionpreventive strategies |
| spellingShingle | Gerardo Flórez Gerardo Flórez Ashkan Espandian Noelia Llorens Teresa Seoane-Pillado Pilar Saiz Pilar Saiz Pilar Saiz Suicide deaths and substance use in the Galician provinces between 2006 and 2020 Frontiers in Psychiatry alcohol completed suicide illegal substances Joinpoint regression preventive strategies |
| title | Suicide deaths and substance use in the Galician provinces between 2006 and 2020 |
| title_full | Suicide deaths and substance use in the Galician provinces between 2006 and 2020 |
| title_fullStr | Suicide deaths and substance use in the Galician provinces between 2006 and 2020 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Suicide deaths and substance use in the Galician provinces between 2006 and 2020 |
| title_short | Suicide deaths and substance use in the Galician provinces between 2006 and 2020 |
| title_sort | suicide deaths and substance use in the galician provinces between 2006 and 2020 |
| topic | alcohol completed suicide illegal substances Joinpoint regression preventive strategies |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1242069/full |
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