Trends in suicide mortality in Montenegro from 2000 to 2018
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Published:2021-02-22
Issue:1
Volume:20
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ISSN:1744-859X
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Container-title:Annals of General Psychiatry
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language:en
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Short-container-title:Ann Gen Psychiatry
Author:
Injac Stevović LidijaORCID, Repišti Selman, Radojičić Tamara, Injac Olivera
Abstract
Abstract
Background
This is an ecological study that analyzes suicides committed in Montenegro during the 2000–2018 period, taking into account gender, age and methods of suicide.
Methods
Suicide rates and trends up until 2009 were obtained from the official registers of Bureau of Statistics of Montenegro (MONSTAT) while the later data were obtained from the Department of Interior’s. MONSTAT also provided data on unemployment and average salary. As per statistical methods, descriptive and correlations were calculated.
Results
The average crude suicide rate was 21.06, for males 29.93 and for females 12.42. Crude suicide rates were not associated with unemployment rate or average salary. However, the unemployment rate was significantly correlated with lethal methods of suicide, namely suicide by firearm and by hanging. Average net salary was negatively correlated with suicide by firearm.
Conclusions
The ratio of males and females who committed suicide was 2.41. In the last three years, this ratio continues to rise in favor of males (reaching 4.29 in 2018). This could be explained by specific cultural features where males are expected to be the main financial contributors to the households. The labor market of Montenegro does not offer adequate opportunities to set and maintain a stable economic situation which puts additional pressure and stress on males.
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Psychiatry and Mental health
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