Is suicide mortality associated with social fragmentation and deprivation? A Dutch register-based case-control study using individualized neighbourhoods

Background Neighbourhood social fragmentation and socioeconomic deprivation seem to be associated with suicide mortality. However, results are inconclusive, which might be because dynamics in the social context are not well-represented by administratively bounded neighbourhoods at baseline. We used individualised neighbourhoods to examine associations between suicide mortality, social fragmentation, and deprivation for the total population as well as by sex and age group. Methods Using a nested case-control design, all suicides aged 18–64 years between 2007 and 2016 were selected from longitud... Mehr ...