An exploration of the labor, financial, and economic factors related to suicide in the republic of Kazakhstan

Inoue K. Seksenbayev N. Chaizhunusova N. Moldagaliyev T. Ospanova N. Tokesheva S. Zhunussov Y.T. Takeichi N. Noso Y. Hoshi M. Kawano N.
1 July 2021 MDPI AG

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
2021 #18 Issue 13

The Republic of Kazakhstan has one of the world’s highest suicide rates. A detailed study of the risk factors for suicide in that country is therefore important. We investigated countrywide statistics related to labor, financial, and economic factors and whether any of these factors contribute to the risk of suicide in Kazakhstan. Using the 20 year period from 2000 to 2019, we examined the annual suicide rates overall (all citizens) and for males and females in Kazakhstan, annual unemployment rates, annual rates of increase in the country’s consumer price index, annual total exports, and annual total imports. We then calculated the correlations between the suicide rates and these four items. We also performed a multiple regression analysis of the relationship between the suicide rate and those four items. The results of these analyses indicated that the unemployment rate was the correlation coefficient most highly correlated with the suicide rate; unemployment was significantly related to suicide and should be targeted as a risk factor in suicide prevention interventions in Kazakhstan. With this in mind, organizations, government agencies, and professionals in relevant fields need to devise and implement suicide prevention measures.

Prevention , Republic of Kazakhstan , Risk factor , Suicide , Unemployment

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Research and Education Faculty, Medical Sciences Cluster, Health Service Center, Kochi University, Kochi, 780-8520, Japan
The Center for Peace, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, 730-0053, Japan
Department of Psychiatry, Semey Medical University, Semey, 071400, Kazakhstan
Department of Public Health, Semey Medical University, Semey, 071400, Kazakhstan
Chairman of the Board-Rector, Semey Medical University, Semey, 071400, Kazakhstan
Takeichi Clinic, Hiroshima, 732-0806, Japan
Department of Health Services Management, Hiroshima International University, Hiroshima, 739-2695, Japan

Research and Education Faculty
The Center for Peace
Department of Psychiatry
Department of Public Health
Chairman of the Board-Rector
Takeichi Clinic
Department of Health Services Management

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