Replication data for Burke et al "Rising temperatures increase suicide rates in US and Mexico"
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- Linkages between climate and mental health are often theorized but remain poorly quantified. In particular, it is unknown whether suicide, a leading cause of death globally, is systematically affected by climatic conditions. Using multiple decades of comprehensive data from both the US and Mexico, we find that suicide rates rise 0.7% in US counties and 2.1% in Mexican municipalities for a 1C increase in monthly average temperature. This effect is similar in hotter versus cooler regions and has not diminished over time, indicating limited historical adaptation. Analysis of depressive language in >600 million social media updates further suggests that mental wellbeing deteriorates during warmer periods. We project that unmitigated climate change (RCP8.5) could result in a combined 9-40 thousand additional suicides (95% CI) across the US and Mexico by 2050, representing an change in suicide rates comparable to the estimated impact of economic recessions, suicide prevention programs, or gun restriction laws.
Description
| Type of resource | software, multimedia |
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| Date created | 2018 |
Creators/Contributors
| Author | Burke, Marshall |
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Subjects
| Subject | climate |
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| Subject | climate change |
| Subject | suicide |
| Subject | mental health |
| Genre | Dataset |
Bibliographic information
| Related Publication | Burke, M., et al. (2018) Higher temperatures increase suicide rates in the United States and Mexico. Nature Climate Change. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-018-0222-x |
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| Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/vm069jx1228 |
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- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license (CC BY).
Preferred citation
- Preferred Citation
- Burke, Marshall et al. (2018). Rising temperatures increase suicide rates in US and Mexico. Nature Climate Change
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- mburke@stanford.edu
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