Association of oral contraceptive use with suicidal behavior among representative Korean population: Results from Korea National Health & Nutrition Examination Survey (2007-2016)

Suicide is a major public health problem that has been and remains large concern. Globally, suicide is the leading cause of overall death and the second-leading cause of death for those aged 15-29.(World-Health-Organization,  2011) and based on current trends, it is estimated that 1.53 million people will die from suicide in 2020.(Bertolote and Fleischmann, 2002) In terms of productivity loss, the Global Burden of Disease Mortality and Causes of Death Collaborators have reported that suicide caused approximately 34 mil lion years of life lost (YLL).(GBD-Risk-Factors-Collaborators et al., 2015) Among developed countries, Korea showed the highest suicide rate among developed countries and nearly 26 deaths per 100,000 of the population in 2016;(Shin et al., 2016), a two fold higher than that of the US.(Center-for -Disease-Control-and-Prevention, 2015)
Source: Journal of Affective Disorders - Category: Neurology Authors: Source Type: research