Trends in pesticide suicide in South Korea, 1983–2014

Shil, Eun; Chang, Shu‐Sen; Choi, Yeongchull

doi:10.1017/s2045796019000118

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“…Self-poisoning by highly toxic pesticides is a common suicidal method, so political intervention has been actively adopted in agricultural countries, including Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, and also in high-income countries, including the UK and South Korea [7,8,9,10,11,12]. South Korea introduced a complete ban on highly toxic pesticides in November 2012, and it effectively decreased both the suicide overall and suicide by pesticide rates [7,13,14,15]. The World Health Organization confirmed that South Korea made one of the most successful policies for suicide prevention [16].…”

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Suicide Overall and Suicide by Pesticide Rates among South Korean Workers: A 15-Year Population-Based Study

Kim

Min

Lee

2019

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Suicide is a major public health concern in South Korea, and self-poisoning by pesticides is one of the common methods of suicide. Pesticide ban policies have been successful for suicide prevention; however, no studies have shown their effect according to occupational groups. The present study analyzed suicide and suicide by pesticide rates among South Korean workers aged 15–64 in 2003–2017, their associations with occupational groups, and the impact of three major economic indices on these factors. Workers in the agriculture, forestry, and fishery industries had relative risks of 5.62 (95% CI: 5.54–5.69) for suicide overall and 25.49 (95% CI: 24.46–26.57) for suicide by pesticide. The real gross domestic product had a positive association with suicide overall only in the last five-year period investigated in this study, and the unemployment rate consistently had a positive association. The economic status and policy for suicide prevention affected suicide and suicide by pesticide rates differently among occupational groups and different time periods. Policy addressing suicidal risk for different occupational groups should be of concern in South Korea.

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Suicide Overall and Suicide by Pesticide Rates among South Korean Workers: A 15-Year Population-Based Study

Kim

Min

Lee

2019

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“…At first, the present study confirms that the pesticide ban policy has had a good effect on suicide by pesticide in workers as in the general population. [7,[13][14][15] In a previous study, the age-standardized suicide by pesticide rate among the general population in South Korea went down from 2011 to 2013: 5.26 to 2.67 per 1,000,000; the complete regulation of highly toxic pesticides was introduced in 2012. [13,14] This reduction is significant in men, the elderly, and rural residents.…”

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“…Suicide by pesticide, which is preferred as a suicidal method in lower-class occupations, showed a positive association with the UnR, but the relationship disappeared in the third five-year period after the number had mainly decreased. [13,14] The CPI was calculated as the percentage of the rate from one year to another. The means of the CPI are 2.92, 2.98, and 1.24 for each five-year period analyzed in this study.…”

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Suicide Overall and Suicide by Pesticide among South Korean Workers: A 15-Year Population-Based Study

Kim¹,

Min²,

Lee³

2019

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Suicide is a major public health concern in South Korea, and self-poisoning by pesticides is one of the common methods of suicide. Pesticide ban policies have been successful for suicide prevention; however, no studies have shown their effect according to occupational groups. The present study analyzed suicide and suicide by pesticide rates among South Korean workers age 15-64 in 2003-2017, their associations with occupational groups, and the impact of three major economic indices on these factors. Workers in the agriculture, forestry, and fishery industries have relative risks of 5.62 (95% CI: 5.54-5.69) for suicide overall and 25.49 (95% CI: 24.46-26.57) for suicide by pesticide. The real gross domestic product (RGDP) has a positive association with suicide overall only in the last five-year period investigated in this study, and the unemployment rate consistently has a positive association. The economic status and policy for suicide prevention affect suicide and suicide by pesticide rates differently among occupational groups and different time periods. Policy addressing suicidal risk for different occupational groups should be of concern in South Korea.

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“…Intensive usage of pesticides (~ 1.4 million tons annually) has been reported in China [8] . Notably, suicide by pesticide poisoning is strongly associated with the proportion of the pesticide sold and management policies [9].The most common method of suicide in China was pesticide poisoning. Although the proportion of suicides using pesticides in China has decreased from approximately 62% [10] to 49% [11], self-poisoning with pesticides is still the leading cause of suicide.…”

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Self-poisoning with pesticides in Jiangsu Province, China: a cross-sectional study on 24,602 subjects

Wang

Han

Wen³

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Background: With an estimated >800,000 suicide-related deaths and potentially several attempts for each death in the world. The purpose of this study was to determine the epidemiological characteristics of self-poisoning with pesticides within the Jiangsu province in China. Methods: Suicide rate was calculated the Routine Surveillance System by Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, stratified by gender, age and region, combined with socioeconomic and agriculture-related factors to investigate trends in suicide over the study period. A logistic regression model was used to investigate the associations between pesticide types and pesticide-related deaths.Results: In recent years, Jiangsu Province has witnessed a decrease in pesticide self-poisoning cases and consequent deaths. Among all suicides by deliberate ingestion of pesticides, the proportion of cases were mainly in the age 40, accounting for 3.43% of all cases with pesticide suicide. The proportion of suicide due to pesticide poisoning in females was markedly higher than that in males (p<0.001). Suicide using organophosphate and carbamate insecticides was most common, with 10,303 reported cases accounting for 42.02% of all suicides. Conclusions: For national responses to be effective, the characteristics of pesticide suicides should be comprehensively investigated for the formulation of corresponding prevention strategies. At present, more pesticide suicide prevention policies for the elderly people and women should be implemented, and stronger pesticide management policies should be implemented for rural areas.

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Trends in pesticide suicide in South Korea, 1983–2014

Cited by 23 publications

References 41 publications

Suicide Overall and Suicide by Pesticide Rates among South Korean Workers: A 15-Year Population-Based Study

Suicide Overall and Suicide by Pesticide Rates among South Korean Workers: A 15-Year Population-Based Study

Suicide Overall and Suicide by Pesticide among South Korean Workers: A 15-Year Population-Based Study

Self-poisoning with pesticides in Jiangsu Province, China: a cross-sectional study on 24,602 subjects

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