Investigating relationship between particulate matter air concentrations and suicides using geographic information system

Exposure to particulate matter is an important risk factor for mental health disturbances and overall mortality. However, the knowledge on relationship between long-term particulate matter level and suicide rate is limited and requires in-depth study. Population and air pollution data were obtained from the Polish Central Statistics Office and Chief Inspectorate of Environmental Protection for the period 2014-2015. Aspatial multivariate and one factor regression analysis were performed and followed by spatial global regression analysis for district reference units in geographic information system (GIS). At the district level of aggregation, data showed spatial stationarity. The best-fitting spatial global model was based on number of disorders caused by the use of psychoactive substances, number of people treated in psychiatric hospitals, population density, unemployment rate and per capita income. Global spatial model with PM2.5 level parameter was an improvement over the one without it (adj. R2 = 0.87 compared to adj. R2 = 0.83). There is a positive relationship between particular matter concentrations and suicides in Poland. Application of Geographic Information Science analytical functions in medicine can be viewed as a new efficient methodological approach.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:27

Enthalten in:

Psychology, health & medicine - 27(2022), 10 vom: 23. Dez., Seite 2238-2245

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Gładka, Anna [VerfasserIn]
Blachowski, Jan [VerfasserIn]
Rymaszewska, Joanna [VerfasserIn]
Zatoński, Tomasz [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Air Pollutants
Air pollution
Geographic information system
Journal Article
Particulate Matter
Particulate matter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Spatial statistics
Suicides

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 24.10.2022

Date Revised 28.10.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/13548506.2021.2014059

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM334232880