key: cord-1002152-mxcoxdm7
authors: Bellizzi, Saverio; Lorettu, Liliana; Nivoli, Alessandra; Molek, Katherina
title: Suicide of women and girls during the COVID‐19 pandemic
date: 2022-02-24
journal: Int J Gynaecol Obstet
DOI: 10.1002/ijgo.14146
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doc_id: 1002152
cord_uid: mxcoxdm7

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showed that monthly suicide rates increased by 16% during the second wave, from July to October 2020, with a larger surge among women and girls (37%). 6 Similarly, South Korea witnessed a 43% increase of suicides among women in their twenties in the first half of 2020, while suicide rates for men declined. 6 Data from the CDC in the Unites Stated revealed that the average weekly hospitalizations for suicide attempts among adolescent girls surged by 51% between 

The authors have no conflicts of interest.

SB, LL, AN, and KM equally contributed to the preparation of the manuscript. SB had primary responsibility for the final content. All authors read and approved the final version of the manuscript.

Data sharing is not applicable to this article as no new data were created or analyzed in this study.

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