Citation

Yur'yev A, Yur'yeva L. Eur. J. Public Health 2015; 25(6): 1069-1070.

Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry, Dnepropetrovsk State Medical Academy, Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Oxford University Press)

DOI

10.1093/eurpub/ckv188

PMID

26420846

Abstract

The purpose of this review is to explore the dynamics of suicide mortality rates in Ukraine during an ongoing armed conflict between 2014 and 2015. Suicide mortality data were obtained by reviewing annual analytical releases from the State Service for Emergent Situations of Ukraine and annual release of Russian Federal Service of State Statistics. Suicide mortality in mainland Ukraine and in the Crimea region demonstrated a mild decrease, whereas suicide mortality in the regions directly involved in the armed conflict demonstrated a prominent decrease. The results of this review support Durkheim theory. The limitation of this review includes general concern about quality of data at time of armed conflict in the country.

Language: en