Citation

Too LS, Spittal MJ. J. Nerv. Ment. Dis. 2020; 208(12): 942-946.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2020, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.1097/NMD.0000000000001234

PMID

32910073

Abstract

A number of studies have demonstrated elevated risk of suicide in certain occupational groups. We seek to understand a possible new risk factor: suicide contagion, as demonstrated through a suicide cluster analysis. National-level coronial data and census population data were used for the study. We calculated suicide rates to identify "risky" occupations. SaTScan v9.4.1 was used to perform Poisson discrete scan statistic. Suicides occurring in arts and media professionals, construction, manufacturing, and skilled animal and horticultural workers seemed to cluster in time and/or space. Those working in construction settings were at risk of being in both time and space clusters.

Language: en

Keywords

Adult; Agriculture; Art; Australia; Cluster Analysis; Construction Industry; Engineering; Female; Forestry; Humans; Male; Manufacturing Industry; Mining; Occupations; Risk Factors; Spatial Analysis; Spatio-Temporal Analysis; Suicide; Transportation