Factors Associated with Regional Years of Life Lost (YLLs) due to Suicide in South Korea

Jung, Young-Seok; Kim, Ki Beom; Yoon, Seok Jun

doi:10.3390/ijerph17144961

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“…A positive relationship was found between financial hardships (e.g., bankruptcy) and suicide attempts, especially among males. These two studies confirm the significant and positive impact of changes in the economic environment and factors on suicide attempts echoing the results published by Choi et al (2020) and Jung et al (2020). However, does relevance exist also between the suicide rate and economic growth rate?…”

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Dynamic effect of economic growth on the persistence of suicide rates

Yang

Chen

et al. 2023

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Positive and negative economic growth is closely related to the suicide rate. To answer the question whether economic development has a dynamic impact on this rate, we used a panel smooth transition autoregressive model to evaluate the threshold effect of economic growth rate on the persistence of suicide. The research period was from 1994 to 2020, and the results show that the suicide rate had a persistent effect, which varied over time depending on the transition variable within different threshold intervals. However, the persistent effect was manifested in different degrees with the change in the economic growth rate and as the lag period of the suicide rate increased, the effect of the influence gradually decreased. We investigated different lag periods and noted that the impact on the suicide rate was the strongest in the first year after an economic change and then reduced to be only marginal after three years. This means that the growth momentum of the suicide rate within the first two years after a change in the economic growth rate, should be included in policy considerations of how to prevent suicides.

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confidence: 81%

Dynamic effect of economic growth on the persistence of suicide rates

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Chen

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“…The measure has been used to describe all-cause mortality, 1 as well as for specific causes including noncommunicable diseases, 2–5 drug misuse 6 , 7 and suicides. 8 , 9 YLLs have been used to characterize deaths due to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), both in multinational 10–12 and single-country 13 , 14 analyses.…”

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Years of life lost associated with COVID-19 deaths in the USA during the first year of the pandemic

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Andel

Gregory

et al. 2021

Journal of Public Health

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Background Years of Life Lost (YLLs) measure the shortfall in life expectancy due to a medical condition and have been used in multiple contexts. Previously it was estimated that there were 1.2 million YLLs associated with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) deaths in the USA through 11 July 2020. The aim of this study is to update YLL estimates for the first full year of the pandemic. Methods We employed data regarding COVID-19 deaths in the USA through 31 January 2021 by jurisdiction, gender and age group. We used actuarial life expectancy tables by gender and age to estimate YLLs. Results We estimated roughly 3.9 million YLLs due to COVID-19 deaths, which correspond to roughly 9.2 YLLs per death. We observed a large range across states in YLLs per 10 000 capita, with New York City at 298 and Vermont at 12. Nationally, the YLLs per 10 000 capita were greater for males than females (136.3 versus 102.3), but there was significant variation in the differences across states. Conclusions Our estimates provide further insight into the mortality effects of COVID-19. The observed differences across states and genders demonstrate the need for disaggregated analyses of the pandemic’s effects.

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“…Higher YLLs can be due to larger numbers of death, younger decedents or some combination of the two. If the necessary data are available, YLLs are a flexible measure which have been used to measure the effects of overall mortality, 4 non-communicable diseases, 5–8 drug misuse 9 , 10 and suicide, 11 , 12 among other areas.…”

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confidence: 99%

Years of life lost associated with COVID-19 deaths in the United States

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Andel

Gregory

et al. 2020

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Background The mortality effects of COVID-19 are a critical aspect of the disease’s impact. Years of life lost (YLLs) can provide greater insight than the number of deaths by conveying the shortfall in life expectancy and thus the age profile of the decedents. Methods We employed data regarding COVID-19 deaths in the USA by jurisdiction, gender and age group for the period 1 February 2020 through 11 July 2020. We used actuarial life expectancy tables by gender and age to estimate YLLs. Results We estimated roughly 1.2 million YLLs due to COVID-19 deaths. The YLLs for the top six jurisdictions exceeded those for the remaining 43. On a per-capita basis, female YLLs were generally higher than male YLLs throughout the country. Conclusions Our estimates offer new insight into the effects of COVID-19. Our findings of heterogenous rates of YLLs by geography and gender highlight variation in the magnitude of the pandemic’s effects that may inform effective policy responses.

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Factors Associated with Regional Years of Life Lost (YLLs) due to Suicide in South Korea

Cited by 8 publications

References 28 publications

Dynamic effect of economic growth on the persistence of suicide rates

Dynamic effect of economic growth on the persistence of suicide rates

Years of life lost associated with COVID-19 deaths in the USA during the first year of the pandemic

Years of life lost associated with COVID-19 deaths in the United States

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