Suicide Rate and Social Environment Characteristics in South Korea: The Roles of Socioeconomic, Demographic, Urbanicity, General Health Behaviors, and Other Environmental Factors On Suicide Rate
Abstract:Background: Suicide is a serious worldwide public health concern, and South Korea has shown the highest suicide rate among Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries since 2003. Nevertheless, most previous Korean studies on suicide had limitations in investigating various social environment factors using long-term nationwide data. Thus, this study aimed to examine how various social environment characteristics are related to the suicide rate on a district-level, using nationwide lo… Show more
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