HealthDay (12/17) reports on research finding that “in Maryland, suicide mortality increased among Blacks and decreased among Whites during the progressive closure period [March 5 to May 7, 2020] of the COVID-19 pandemic.” The research included data on “1,079 suicide decedents from 2017 to 2020,” and found that “mean suicide mortality increased among Black residents during” the March to May period from 0.177 per day in 2017 to 2019 to 0.344 per day, while it declined “among White residents (0.672 per day in 2020 versus 1.224 per day in 2017 to 2019).” The findings were published in JAMA Psychiatry.
Related Links:
— “Suicide Mortality Up for Blacks During Closure Period of COVID-19, HealthDay, December 17, 2020