Unemployment independently increases risk of suicide

Unemployment independently increases risk of suicide

Suicide is a major reason for premature mortality, especially in young men. On p 1283 Lewis and Sloggett provide some newevidence that supports a causal link between unemployment andsuicide. They used the Office of National Statistics longitudinalstudy, a 1% sample of England and Wales in which census data islinked to mortality. Unemployed people were twice as likely todie from suicide as employed people. Measures of socioeconomicstatus such as social class and housing tenure seemed less important,particularly once the association between unemployment and suicidehad been taken intoaccount.

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