According to studies by Chinese researchers, the increase in air pollution is related to the increase in the suicide rate

Data from Chinese researchers show that there is a close relationship between air quality and suicide statistics, and breathing bad air can be effective on the suicide rate.

According to Tekna's technology and technology news service, a new study on 1400 air quality monitoring stations across China and the data obtained from it shows that the decrease in air quality is effective on increasing the suicide rate. It is also stated in this study that the government's nationwide program to reduce air pollution has been able to prevent tens of thousands of suicides in just a few years. Some of the most polluted cities in the world are located in China. Chinese cities are covered in thick smog that affects millions of city dwellers. China accounts for 16% of the world's suicides. New statistics show that the suicide rate in this country has decreased significantly in recent years.

In 2013, China introduced a program to prevent and control air pollution, in which industrial sources of pollution were limited and greenhouse gas emissions by vehicles were also reduced. Simultaneously with the implementation of these programs, the suicide rate has decreased throughout the country. Between 2010 and 2021, the annual suicide rate has increased from 10.8 to 5.25 per 100,000 people.

Among the Chinese researchers, Peng Zhang, an economist at the University of Hong Kong, along with his colleagues, after creating these impressive trends, tried to separate air pollution from other factors in a study on the risk of suicide and investigate it. Data related to air quality as well as a phenomenon such as temperature inversion were also investigated.

In their previous studies, researchers had announced that small suspended particles of pollution can enter the brain directly. The chemical composition of the brain is changed due to pollution within 24 hours, which will weaken mental health and worsen emotional stability in the long term. The researchers stated in their article that the suicides committed due to air pollution are actually additional suicides and would never have happened if the air quality was not bad.