Suicide Overall and Suicide by Pesticide among South Korean Workers: A 15-Year Population-Based Study

• DOI: 10.20944/preprints201911.0018.v1
• Publication Date: 2019-11-03T23:04:09Z
• Authors: Yangwoo Kim; Jeehee Min; Soo-Jin Lee
• Keywords: psychiatry_mental_health_studies; 8. Economic growth; 1. No poverty; 3. Good health

Suicide is a major public health concern in South Korea, and self-poisoning by pesticides one of the common methods suicide. Pesticide ban policies have been successful for suicide prevention; however, no studies shown their effect according to occupational groups. The present study analyzed pesticide rates among Korean workers age 15-64 2003-2017, associations with groups, impact three economic indices on these factors. Workers agriculture, forestry, fishery industries relative risks 5.62 (95% CI: 5.54-5.69) overall 25.49 24.46-26.57) pesticide. real gross domestic product (RGDP) has positive association only last five-year period investigated this study, unemployment rate consistently association. status policy prevention affect differently groups different time periods. Policy addressing suicidal risk should be Korea.