ER65 Construction industry suicides: numbers, characteristics, and rates (2021)

This research, funded by Build Research Levy and supported by MATES New Zealand, aimed to refine the definition of the construction industry, clarify its prevalence of suicide and calculate industry suicide rates. The specific aims of this research were to re-examine the definition of the construction industry (and re-define if necessary), clarify the numbers of suicide in the New Zealand construction industry and calculate the industry specific suicide rate.