Is suicide mortality associated with neighbourhood 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 individualized 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 longit... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Hagedoorn, Paulien
Groenewegen, Peter
Roberts, Hannah
Helbich, Marco
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2019
Verlag/Hrsg.: arXiv
Schlagwörter: Applications stat.AP / FOS: Computer and information sciences
Sprache: unknown
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Link(s) : https://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1910.12487

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 individualized 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 longitudinal Dutch register data and matched with 10 random controls. Indices for social fragmentation and deprivation were calculated annually for 300, 600, and 1,000 metre circular buffers around each subject's residential address. Results: Suicide mortality was significantly higher in neighbourhoods with high deprivation and social fragmentation. Accounting for individual characteristics largely attenuated these ...