Suicide trends among Australian construction workers during years 2001–2019

H Maheen; Y Taouk; AD LaMontagne; M Spittal; T King

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Suicide trends among Australian construction workers during years 2001–2019

H Maheen, Y Taouk, AD LaMontagne, M Spittal, T King

Scientific Reports | NATURE PORTFOLIO | Published : 2022

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-24575-x

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Abstract

In many Western countries, including Australia, construction workers have been identified as being at elevated risk of suicide compared to other workers. A variety of suicide prevention initiatives have been implemented and expanded to reduce suicide in this occupational group; however, the net effect of these is unknown. Using 19 years of national suicide data, this study examined the suicide mortality of Australian male construction workers relative to all other working males, and compared suicide rates over time between the two groups. Age-standardized suicide rates were calculated for construction workers and those employed in other occupations. 2001–2019 trends in age-standardized rates..

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Funding Acknowledgements

Partial funding for this work was received from MATES in Construction Australia and the Australian National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Partnership Project grant #APP1134499 and an NHMRC Future Fund Million Minds grant #MRF1199972. Humaira Maheen is a recipient of a Postdoctoral Fellowship funded by Suicide Prevention Australia. Tania King is supported by an Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Early Career Research Award (DECRA) (DE200100607). Matthew Spittal is a recipient of an Australian Research Council Future Fellowship (project number FT180100075) funded by the Australian Government.