Mental Disorders and Socioeconomic Status: Impact on Population Risk of Attempted Suicide in Australia |
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| Authors: | Andrew Page PhD Richard Taylor PhD Wayne Hall PhD Gregory Carter PhD |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Senior Lecturer, Discipline of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, at the School of Population Health, University of Queensland, in Brisbane, Australia;2. Professor of Public and International Health at the School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of New South Wales, in Sydney, Australia;3. Professor of Public Health Policy at the Discipline of Health Systems and Economics in the School of Population Health;4. Head, Suicide Prevention Research Unit, Centre for Mental Health Studies;5. Conjoint Associate Professor, Faculty of Health, University of Newcastle;6. and Senior Staff Specialist Psychiatrist, Department of Consultation‐Liaison Psychiatry, Newcastle Mater Hospital (Newcastle, Australia). |
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| Abstract: | The population attributable risk (PAR) of mental disorders compared to indicators of socioeconomic status (SES) for attempted suicide was estimated for Australia. For mental disorders, the highest PAR% for attempted suicide was for anxiety disorders (males 28%; females 36%). For SES, the highest PAR% for attempted suicide in males was for occupation (males 31%; females 16%) and education level (males 19%; females 8%), following adjustment for age and mental disorders. The study results suggest that one third of suicide attempts in both males and females are attributable to anxiety disorders, the same proportion attributable to low educational or occupational status. |
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