A recent study published in JAMA Psychiatry reveals critical insights into physician suicide rates in the U.S. from January 2017 to December 2021. Analysis of data from 30 states and Washington, DC, identified 448 physician suicides, showing a clear gender disparity. Male physicians face a lower suicide risk compared to male non-physicians, with rates of 26.38 versus 31.41 per 100,000 person-years. Conversely, female physicians exhibit a higher risk than their non-physician peers, with suicide rates of 12.12 versus 7.94 per 100,000 person-years. Alarmingly, pre-pandemic suicide rates were higher than during the pandemic, emphasizing the urgent need for targeted prevention strategies.
The study revealed that while male physicians had a lower suicide rate than their non-physician male counterparts, female physicians faced a significantly higher risk than female non-physicians.
Further analysis indicates a concerning trend: 26.38 suicides per 100,000 person-years among male physicians versus 12.12 among female physicians, with the latter group at greater risk.
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