Global prevalence of suicide by latitude: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Seongjun An¹, Sungju Lim¹, Hyun-Woo Kim², Hyung-Sik Kim³, Dongjun Lee⁴, Eunjeong Son⁵, Tae Woo Kim⁶, Tae Sik Goh⁷, Kihun Kim⁸, Yun Hak Kim⁹

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¹ School of Medicine, Pusan National University, Yangsan, Republic of Korea.
² Department of Neurology, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital, Yangsan, Republic of Korea.
³ Department of Oral Biochemistry, Dental and Life Science Institute, School of Dentistry, Pusan National University, Yangsan, Republic of Korea.
⁴ Department of Convergence Medicine, School of Medicine, Pusan National University, Yangsan, Republic of Korea.
⁵ Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital, Yangsan, Republic of Korea.
⁶ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital, Yangsan, Republic of Korea.
⁷ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Pusan National University, Busan, Republic of Korea.
⁸ Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Kosin University Gospel Hospital, Busan, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: kihun7603@redcross.or.kr.
⁹ Department of Biomedical Informatics, School of Medicine, Pusan National University, Yangsan, Republic of Korea; Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Pusan National University, Yangsan, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: yunhak10510@pusan.ac.kr.

PMID: 36634498
PMCID: PMC9822839
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajp.2023.103454

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Global prevalence of suicide by latitude: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Seongjun An et al. Asian J Psychiatr. 2023 Mar.

. 2023 Mar:81:103454.

doi: 10.1016/j.ajp.2023.103454. Epub 2023 Jan 7.

Authors

Seongjun An¹, Sungju Lim¹, Hyun-Woo Kim², Hyung-Sik Kim³, Dongjun Lee⁴, Eunjeong Son⁵, Tae Woo Kim⁶, Tae Sik Goh⁷, Kihun Kim⁸, Yun Hak Kim⁹

Affiliations

¹ School of Medicine, Pusan National University, Yangsan, Republic of Korea.
² Department of Neurology, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital, Yangsan, Republic of Korea.
³ Department of Oral Biochemistry, Dental and Life Science Institute, School of Dentistry, Pusan National University, Yangsan, Republic of Korea.
⁴ Department of Convergence Medicine, School of Medicine, Pusan National University, Yangsan, Republic of Korea.
⁵ Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital, Yangsan, Republic of Korea.
⁶ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital, Yangsan, Republic of Korea.
⁷ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Pusan National University, Busan, Republic of Korea.
⁸ Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Kosin University Gospel Hospital, Busan, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: kihun7603@redcross.or.kr.
⁹ Department of Biomedical Informatics, School of Medicine, Pusan National University, Yangsan, Republic of Korea; Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Pusan National University, Yangsan, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: yunhak10510@pusan.ac.kr.

PMID: 36634498
PMCID: PMC9822839
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajp.2023.103454

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Conflict of Interest All authors have none to declare.

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Regression analysis of global prevalence of suicide by latitude.

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