Citation

Alfonso-Sanchez JL, Martin-Moreno JM, Martinez IM, Martinez AA. Arch. Suicide Res. 2019; ePub(ePub): 1-14.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, International Academy of Suicide Research, Publisher Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/13811118.2019.1612802

PMID

31079554

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Society has changed during the last 100 years of evolution, however some of the problems such as suicides remain. The objective is to carry out a long-term epidemiological study in Spain. Also calculate the social and labor costs that were in 2016 Method: Epidemiological data were obtained from official data obtained from 1906 to 2016. The calculation of the costs of suicides included the social costs and the costs of production losses (labor costs). The latter were obtained by the human capital method taking into account the unemployment rate. The economic growth rate stood at 2.6% per year Results: The suicide rate was between 4 and 8% per year. The evolution during these 100 years had three periods. Up to 1940 it had slight increases, then it decreased until 1980 and subsequently the rate increased until it reached almost 8% in 2016. The costs of the suicides were 2,167 million €of economic losses for society or its equivalent to 607 €for suicide Conclusions: Public health policies aimed at the prevention of suicide should be increased, also supported by the economic costs they mean for society.

Language: en

Keywords

Epidemiology; costs; suicides