ArticleEnvironmental health perspectives2023
Suicide and Transportation Noise: A Prospective Cohort Study from Switzerland.
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- Public Transportation Use, Sexual Harassment, and Mental Health in Adults from the General Population: A Bayesian Network Analysis.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2025Article
- Transportation Noise and Cardiovascular Health: Evidence, Mechanisms, and Policy Imperatives.Anatolian journal of cardiology · 2025Review
- Spatio-temporal trends and socio-environmental determinants of suicides in England (2002-2022): an ecological population-based study.The Lancet regional health. Europe · 2025Article
- Military aircraft noise and drug administrations in psychiatric patients: Follow-up and in-depth case-time series analysis.Environmental epidemiology (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 2025Article
- Noise and mental health: evidence, mechanisms, and consequences.Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2025Review
- Tackling noise pollution in climate adaptation and mitigation: planetary health benefits towards a net-zero future.Oxford open climate change · 2025Article
- Transportation noise pollution as a cardiovascular risk factor: from epidemiological evidence to mechanistic insights.EXCLI journal · 2025Review
- Aircraft noise exposure and body mass index among female participants in two Nurses' Health Study prospective cohorts living around 90 airports in the United States.Environment international · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundAlthough plausible from a pathophysiological point of view, robust evidence for effects of transportation noise on mental health remains scarce. Meanwhile, psychiatric diseases are among the most prevalent noncommunicable diseases worldwide, and suicide as a mortality outcome highly connected to mental disorders presents a pressing public health issue. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between source-specific transportation noise, particulate matter (PM) air pollution, residential greenness, and suicide by means of a nationwide cohort study.
methodsRoad traffic, railway and aircraft noise exposure as well as exposure to air pollution [PM with aerodynamic diameter
resultsDuring the follow-up, there were 11,265 suicide deaths (10.4% poisoning, 33.3% hanging, 28.7% firearms, 14.7% falls). Road traffic and railway noise were associated with total suicides [hazard ratios: 1.040; 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.015, 1.065; and 1.022 (95% CI: 1.004, 1.041) per 10 dB day-evening-night level (Lden)], whereas for aircraft noise, a risk increase starting from 50 dB was masked by an inverse association in the very low exposure range (30-40 dB). Associations were stronger for females than males. The results were robust to adjustment for residential greenness and air pollution.
conclusionIn this longitudinal, nationwide cohort study, we report a robust association between exposure to road traffic and railway noise and risk of death by suicide after adjusting for exposure to air pollution and greenness. These findings add to the growing body of evidence that mental health disorders may be related to chronic transportation noise exposure. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP11587.
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