{"id":452703,"date":"2022-05-25T21:00:04","date_gmt":"2022-05-25T18:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/firearm-suicides-fell-worldwide-since-1990-but-rose-in-31-countries\/"},"modified":"2022-05-25T21:00:04","modified_gmt":"2022-05-25T18:00:04","slug":"firearm-suicides-fell-worldwide-since-1990-but-rose-in-31-countries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/firearm-suicides-fell-worldwide-since-1990-but-rose-in-31-countries\/","title":{"rendered":"#Firearm suicides fell worldwide since 1990, but rose in 31 countries"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3d8223416a2\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3d8223416a2\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/firearm-suicides-fell-worldwide-since-1990-but-rose-in-31-countries\/#%E2%80%9CFirearm_suicides_fell_worldwide_since_1990_but_rose_in_31_countries%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Firearm suicides fell worldwide since 1990, but rose in 31 countries&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CFirearm_suicides_fell_worldwide_since_1990_but_rose_in_31_countries%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Firearm suicides fell worldwide since 1990, but rose in 31 countries&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/firearm-suicides-fell.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2022\/firearm-suicides-fell.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Number of suicides by firearm (global and by WHO regions), by sexes, 2019. Source: GBD estimates. Credit: Ilic et al., 2022, PLOS ONE, CC-BY 4.0 (https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/)\">\n<figure class=\"article-img\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2022\/firearm-suicides-fell.jpg\" alt=\"Firearm suicides fell worldwide since 1990, but rose in 31 countries\" title=\"Number of suicides by firearm (global and by WHO regions), by sexes, 2019. Source: GBD estimates. Credit: Ilic et al., 2022, PLOS ONE, CC-BY 4.0 (https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/)\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-darken text-low-up text-truncate-js text-truncate mt-3\">\n                Number of suicides by firearm (global and by WHO regions), by sexes, 2019. Source: GBD estimates. Credit: Ilic et al., 2022, PLOS ONE, CC-BY 4.0 (https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/)<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>From 1990 to 2019, deaths from suicide by firearm declined throughout the world, but some countries saw an increasing trend. Irena Ilic of the University of Belgrade, Serbia, and colleagues present these findings in the open-access journal <i>PLOS ONE<\/i> on May 25, 2022.\n                                                <\/p>\n<p>                                                                                Firearm suicides represent a significant public health concern in many countries. Tracking and understanding firearm suicide statistics can help inform efforts to reduce deaths. However, few studies have examined death rates from suicide by firearm at a global scale.<\/p>\n<p>To improve understanding of this issue, Ilic and colleagues analyzed firearm suicide data for men and women from 204 countries and territories, spanning the period from 1990 to 2019. Using this data, they calculated age-standardized mortality rates from suicide by firearm; this measurement accounts for variations in firearm suicide mortality rates observed between different age groups and the different proportions of people of different ages making up different countries&#8217; populations.<\/p>\n<p>By 2019, the analysis found that 52,694 firearm suicide deaths occurred worldwide, giving an age-standardized mortality rate of 0.65 deaths per 100,000 people. Worldwide, rates were six times higher for men than for women in this year (45,110 deaths in men and 7,584 in women). The highest firearm suicide rates, for both men and women, were in Greenland and the U.S., followed by developed nations including France, Canada, Finland, Switzerland, and Norway. Rates were lowest in China, Japan, and Singapore.<\/p>\n<p>Worldwide, firearm suicides decreased between 1990 and 2019, with the biggest decreases seen in Singapore, Sri Lanka, Australia, and Switzerland. However, increases were seen in 31 countries, particularly in developing countries, including Jamaica, Venezuela, and Egypt. In some countries, such as Afghanistan, rates increased for women but not for men.<\/p>\n<p>The authors note that the data used for this study may suffer from incompleteness for some countries, as well as a lack of standardization of suicide data between countries. Nonetheless, the findings could help inform public health efforts to reduce firearm suicides around the world.<\/p>\n<p>The authors add that &#8220;there are large international differences in the mortality patterns of suicide by firearm. Despite the decreasing trends in mortality of suicide by firearm in most of the areas, observed in both sexes and in all age groups, in 31 countries increasing trends in mortality of suicide by firearm were reported.&#8221;\n                                                                                                                        <\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<div class=\"article-main__explore my-4 d-print-none\">\n<p>                                                                                        Study results may help improve firearm safety messaging to prevent suicides\n                                                                                    <\/p><\/div>\n<hr class=\"mb-4\"\/>\n<div class=\"article-main__more p-4\">\n                                                                                                <strong>More information:<\/strong><br \/>\n                                                Irena Ilic et al, Worldwide suicide mortality trends by firearm (1990\u20132019): A joinpoint regression analysis, <i>PLoS ONE<\/i> (2022). <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-doi=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1371\/journal.pone.0267817\">DOI: 10.1371\/journal.pone.0267817<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"d-inline-block text-medium my-4\">\n                                                Provided by<br \/>\n                                                                                                    Public Library of <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Science<\/a><br \/>\n                                                                                                        <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"icon_open\" href=\"http:\/\/www.plos.org\/\"><br \/>\n                                                        <svg>\n                                                            <use href=\"https:\/\/medx.b-cdn.net\/tmpl\/v6\/img\/svg\/sprite.svg#icon_open\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\"\/>\n                                                        <\/svg><br \/>\n                                                    <\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>                                        <!-- print only --><\/p>\n<div class=\"d-none d-print-block\">\n<p>\n                                                 <strong>Citation<\/strong>:<br \/>\n                                                 Firearm suicides fell worldwide since 1990, but rose in 31 countries (2022, May 25)<br \/>\n                                                 retrieved 25 May 2022<br \/>\n                                                 from https:\/\/medicalxpress.com\/<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>\/2022-05-firearm-suicides-fell-worldwide-rose.html<\/p>\n<p>                                            This document is subject to copyright. 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