University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, 43606, USA.
University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC, USA.
J Community Health. 2024 Dec;49(6):1054-1061. doi: 10.1007/s10900-024-01368-z. Epub 2024 Jun 9.
Each year millions of females develop serious mental illnesses (SMI), which are major risk factors for suicides. Using the Web-Based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System (WISQARS) for the years 2000, 2010 and 2020, we found in 2020 9,428 females (almost 190/week) committed suicide, losing 328,653 years off potential life before age 80 years. There were pronounced increases in female suicides from 2000 to 2020 across all racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of suicides were in non-Hispanic white females, but the highest rate of suicides was in non-Hispanic American Indians /Alaska Natives, and in females 15-24 years of age. The West had the highest female suicide rates, with methods used to commit suicides varying by census regions and race and ethnicity. Suffocation to commit suicide increased for most racial and ethnic groups and poisonings decreased for most groups between 2000 and 2020, These underscore the need for targeted primary prevention of suicides for females based on age, geographic location and method of suicide, to mitigate female suicides improved access (e.g. geographically and financially) to mental health care services is essential.
每年都有数百万名女性患上严重的精神疾病 (SMI)，这是自杀的主要风险因素。我们使用 2000 年、2010 年和 2020 年的基于网络的伤害统计数据查询和报告系统 (WISQARS)，发现 2020 年有 9428 名女性（几乎每周近 190 人）自杀，在 80 岁之前失去了 328653 年的潜在寿命。所有种族和族裔群体的女性自杀人数都从 2000 年到 2020 年显著增加。非西班牙裔白人女性的自杀人数最多，但自杀率最高的是非西班牙裔美洲印第安人/阿拉斯加原住民，以及 15-24 岁的女性。西部地区女性自杀率最高，自杀方式因人口普查区域和种族及族裔而异。在 2000 年至 2020 年期间，大多数种族和族裔群体的窒息自杀人数增加，大多数群体的中毒自杀人数减少。这些突出表明，需要根据年龄、地理位置和自杀方式，为女性制定有针对性的初级预防自杀措施，以减轻女性自杀的风险。改善获得（例如地理和经济方面）心理健康服务的机会至关重要。
