Miller Jeffrey R, Piper Tinka Markham, Ahern Jennifer, Tracy Melissa, Tardiff Kenneth J, Vlahov David, Galea Sandro
Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies, New York Academy of Medicine, NY 10029, USA.
Suicide Life Threat Behav. 2005 Aug;35(4):448-59. doi: 10.1521/suli.2005.35.4.448.
Evidence on the relationship between income inequality and suicide is inconsistent. Data from the New York City Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for all fatal injuries was collected to conduct a multilevel case-control study. In multilevel models, suicide decedents (n=374) were more likely than accident controls (n=453) to reside in neighborhoods with greater income inequality even after controlling for individual characteristics; this relation was modified by age with an effect overall and among decedents aged 15-34 but not among decedents 35-64. These data suggest that income inequality may contribute to the risk of suicide in younger adults.
关于收入不平等与自杀之间关系的证据并不一致。收集了纽约市首席法医办公室所有致命伤的数据，以进行一项多层次病例对照研究。在多层次模型中，即使在控制了个体特征之后，自杀死亡者（n = 374）比意外死亡对照者（n = 453）更有可能居住在收入不平等程度更高的社区；这种关系因年龄而有所改变，总体上以及在15 - 34岁的死亡者中存在这种影响，但在35 - 64岁的死亡者中不存在。这些数据表明，收入不平等可能会增加年轻人自杀的风险。
