Following the immediate decline at the initial stage of the pandemic, suicide attempts and suicide deaths among older males rebounded during the pandemic compared to the pre-pandemic years, although the increase in suicide deaths was marginally significant.
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Impact of the Early COVID-19 Pandemic on Suicide Attempts and Suicide Deaths in South Korea, 2016-2020: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis.
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In line with the tendency for suicide attempts, there was an increasing trend in suicide as well, which decreased in 2020 (27.0 in 2016 vs. 26.5 in 2020).
There was a brief decline in suicide deaths in older males, while the trend showed a following increase with marginal significance (RR [95% CI] level change: 0.76 [0.66–0.88], slope change: 1.02 [1.00–1.04]).