Safety and Health at Work Vol. 14 Issue 2 2023
Suicide in the Australian Mining Industry: Assessment of Rates among Male Workers Using 19 Years of Coronial Data (Original article)
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Safety and Health at Work Vol. 14 Issue 2 2023
Suicide in the Australian Mining Industry: Assessment of Rates among Male Workers Using 19 Years of Coronial Data (Original article)
Suicide in the Australian Mining Industry: Assessment of Rates among Male Workers Using 19 Years of Coronial Data (Original article)
Subject
Coronial data, Mining workers, Occupational mental health, Suicide
Description
Background: International evidence shows that mining workers are at greater risk of suicide than other workers; however, it is not known whether this applies to the Australian mining sector.
Methods: Using data from the National Coronial Information System, rates of suicide among male mining workers were compared to those of three comparators: construction workers, mining and construction
workers combined, and all other workers. Age-standardized suicide rates were calculated for 2001 -2019 and across three intervals ‘2001-2006’, ‘2007-2011’, and ‘2012-2019’. Incidence rate ratios for suicide were calculated to compare incidence rates for mining workers, to those of the three comparative groups.
Results: The suicide rate for male mining workers in Australia was estimated to be between 11 and 25 per 100,000 (likely closer to 25 per 100,000) over the period of 2001-2019. There was also evidence that the suicide rate among mining workers is increasing, and the suicide rate among mining workers for the period 2012-2019 was significantly higher than the other worker group.
Conclusions: Based on available data, we tentatively deduce that suicide mortality among male mining workers is of concern. More information is needed on both industry and occupation of suicide decedents in order to better assess whether, and the extent to which, mining workers (and other industries and occupations) are at increased risk of suicide.
Methods: Using data from the National Coronial Information System, rates of suicide among male mining workers were compared to those of three comparators: construction workers, mining and construction
workers combined, and all other workers. Age-standardized suicide rates were calculated for 2001 -2019 and across three intervals ‘2001-2006’, ‘2007-2011’, and ‘2012-2019’. Incidence rate ratios for suicide were calculated to compare incidence rates for mining workers, to those of the three comparative groups.
Results: The suicide rate for male mining workers in Australia was estimated to be between 11 and 25 per 100,000 (likely closer to 25 per 100,000) over the period of 2001-2019. There was also evidence that the suicide rate among mining workers is increasing, and the suicide rate among mining workers for the period 2012-2019 was significantly higher than the other worker group.
Conclusions: Based on available data, we tentatively deduce that suicide mortality among male mining workers is of concern. More information is needed on both industry and occupation of suicide decedents in order to better assess whether, and the extent to which, mining workers (and other industries and occupations) are at increased risk of suicide.
Creator
Tania King, Humaira Maheen, Yamna Taouk, Anthony D. LaMontagne
Publisher
Elsevier Korea LLC
Date
June 2023
Contributor
Sri Wahyuni
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PDF
Language
English
Type
Text
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Safety and Health at Work Vol. 14 Issue 2 2023
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Citation
Tania King, Humaira Maheen, Yamna Taouk, Anthony D. LaMontagne, “Safety and Health at Work Vol. 14 Issue 2 2023
Suicide in the Australian Mining Industry: Assessment of Rates among Male Workers Using 19 Years of Coronial Data (Original article),” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed November 21, 2024, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/2646.
Suicide in the Australian Mining Industry: Assessment of Rates among Male Workers Using 19 Years of Coronial Data (Original article),” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed November 21, 2024, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/2646.