Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University Bratislava, Špitálska 24, 813 72, Bratislava, Slovak Republic.
Forensic.sk Institute of Forensic Medical Analyses, Expert Institution, Bratislava, Slovak Republic.
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2023 Aug;58(8):1171-1177. doi: 10.1007/s00127-023-02486-0. Epub 2023 May 11.
Suicide is a serious public health problem leading to premature mortality. The aim of the present study is to describe and analyze the trends of suicide rates in the Slovak Republic in 2011-2020.
Trends of age-standardized suicide rates were described and incidence rate ratios of suicide were analyzed by negative binomial regression. The age-standardized rates of death by the undetermined intent and its ratio to suicide rate were calculated.
The overall suicide rate for the Slovak population was 7.58 per 100,000. Age-standardized suicide rate had a declining trend in the reported period, from 10.24 in 2011 to 6.65 per 100,000 in 2020. The highest suicide rate was in the oldest age groups. The male to female ratio was 6.09. The most common method of suicide in the Slovak population was hanging. The age-standardized rate of deaths by undetermined intent increased from 15.72 in 2011 to 18.46 per 100,000 in 2020.
We observed the overall declining annual suicide mortality trends in the Slovak Republic in 2011-2020. Further investigation is necessary to understand the exceptionally high undetermined intent mortality.
自杀是导致过早死亡的严重公共卫生问题。本研究旨在描述和分析 2011-2020 年斯洛伐克共和国自杀率的趋势。
描述了年龄标准化自杀率的趋势，并通过负二项回归分析了自杀的发病率比值。计算了未确定意图的死亡率的年龄标准化率及其与自杀率的比值。
斯洛伐克人口的总体自杀率为每 10 万人 7.58 人。在报告期内，年龄标准化自杀率呈下降趋势，从 2011 年的 10.24 人降至 2020 年的 6.65 人。自杀率最高的是最年长的年龄组。男性与女性的比例为 6.09。斯洛伐克人口最常见的自杀方法是上吊。未确定意图的死亡的年龄标准化率从 2011 年的 15.72 人增加到 2020 年的每 10 万人 18.46 人。
我们观察到 2011-2020 年斯洛伐克共和国总体自杀死亡率呈下降趋势。需要进一步调查以了解异常高的未确定意图的死亡率。
