Female nurses and doctors twice as likely to suicide than other working women: study
Overall, health professionals were among the 10 occupational groups identified as high-risk for suicide, with a 43% higher suicide rate than other workers.
The suicide rate of female health professionals is more than twice that of other women workers, a pattern not seen among their male counterparts, a Melbourne study shows.
The findings come from Australian coronial data between 2001 and 2022 for people aged 15-64 who were employed at the time of death.
The study found female health professionals — a broad category including nurses, midwives and medical practitioners — had a suicide rate 113% higher than that of women working in other occupations.
The suicide rate in male health professionals did not significantly differ from that of other male workers, according to the BMJ Public Health study.
