Modeling the effects of atmospheric pressure on suicide rates in the USA using geographically weighted regression

Aaron M Frutos, Chantel D Sloan and Ray M Merrill

PLOS ONE, 2018, vol. 13, issue 12, 1-15

Abstract: Low atmospheric pressure may increase depression and suicide through inducing hypoxia. Previous studies have not evaluated the geographic variation of this relationship across the United States. Analyses were based on three groupings of age-adjusted completed suicide rates (all suicide, firearm-related suicide, non-firearm-related suicide) from 2286 counties in the United States. Multiple regression was used to determine the overall relationship between atmospheric pressure and completed suicide rates. Geographically weighted regression (GWR) models were used to obtain local coefficient estimates. A negative correlation between atmospheric pressure and completed suicide rates was observed for all three suicide groupings (p-value

Date: 2018
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