Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Suicide-Related Emergency Calls
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Emergency Police Calls in Valencia City
2.2. Spatial Disease Mapping
2.3. Spatio-Temporal Disease Mapping: Annual Data
2.4. Spatio-Temporal Disease Mapping: Quarterly Data
2.5. Statistical Inference
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Statistic | Global (2010–2016) | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Counts of Suicide-Related Emergency Calls | ||||||||
Total | 6537 | 709 | 824 | 781 | 968 | 1082 | 1126 | 1047 |
Min. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Max. | 70 | 11 | 18 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 19 | 15 |
Mean | 11.84 | 1.24 | 1.46 | 1.37 | 1.72 | 1.91 | 2.02 | 1.85 |
Standardized Suicide-Related Emergency Calls Ratio | ||||||||
Min. | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Max. | 7.38 | 10.46 | 17.72 | 10.95 | 10.90 | 10.50 | 8.85 | 10.62 |
Parameter | Mean | SD | Quantile 0.025 | Quantile 0.975 |
---|---|---|---|---|
−0.126 | 0.032 | −0.191 | −0.070 | |
0.355 | 0.093 | 0.181 | 0.534 | |
0.478 | 0.028 | 0.424 | 0.532 |
Parameter | Mean | SD | Quantile 0.025 | Quantile 0.975 |
---|---|---|---|---|
−0.269 | 0.032 | −0.334 | −0.208 | |
0.272 | 0.058 | 0.159 | 0.384 | |
0.512 | 0.025 | 0.462 | 0.564 | |
0.034 | 0.029 | 0.002 | 0.105 | |
0.692 | 0.024 | 0.644 | 0.739 |
Parameter | Mean | SD | Quantile 0.025 | Quantile 0.975 |
---|---|---|---|---|
−0.362 | 0.045 | −0.450 | −0.275 | |
−0.122 | 0.057 | −0.230 | −0.008 | |
0.093 | 0.059 | −0.024 | 0.208 | |
0.118 | 0.053 | 0.016 | 0.227 | |
0.160 | 0.030 | 0.102 | 0.220 | |
0.359 | 0.019 | 0.323 | 0.398 | |
0.106 | 0.032 | 0.051 | 0.178 | |
0.903 | 0.009 | 0.885 | 0.919 |
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Marco, M.; López-Quílez, A.; Conesa, D.; Gracia, E.; Lila, M. Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Suicide-Related Emergency Calls. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2017, 14, 735. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14070735
Marco M, López-Quílez A, Conesa D, Gracia E, Lila M. Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Suicide-Related Emergency Calls. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2017; 14(7):735. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14070735
Chicago/Turabian StyleMarco, Miriam, Antonio López-Quílez, David Conesa, Enrique Gracia, and Marisol Lila. 2017. "Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Suicide-Related Emergency Calls" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 14, no. 7: 735. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14070735